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nol, a new type of biofuel is emerg- m o ing onto the Canadian scene rr Listings co-ordinator i – and sweeping prairie provinces ssette Curran Faris » [email protected] by storm. Cellulosic ethanol is produced Beat reporter Dan Huyghebaert » [email protected] from the otherwise throw-away Using plants' organic leftovers ing it from the field, where it parts of plants, including wood “We really don't to create fuel is also more en- would otherwise stay for a longer Beat reporter Joe Kornelsen [email protected] chip waste from the logging indus- have much ergy efficient than current ethanol period, removing carbon from the » try, grass and the stocks of food- practices. environment. Beat reporter producing agricultural plants. choice... if we Its production uses significantly But Tsang said we need to look Sandy Klowak » [email protected] But Canada is only in the pre- less resources than corn-based eth- past the many unknowns around liminary stages of exploring this want to replace anol, which requires a significant cellulose-based biofuel. We don't Beat reporter new option. petroleum.” amount of water and nitrogen. have any other options in terms of Andrew McMonagle » [email protected] “It hasn't been invented yet, Yet the full environmental ben- creating a sustainable transporta- that's how new it is,” said Ernest –Adrian Tsang, efits of cellulosic ethanol cannot be tion fuel, he said. Nycz, president and CEO of Prairie Concordia University determined without large-scale im- The infrastructure for electric CONTRIBUTORS: Green Renewable Energy Inc. plementation, Tsang said. cars does not exist, while energy Megan Turnbull, Ryan Janz, Prairie Green, a Saskatchewan- it's not using the grain, therefore it “The prediction looks great, but cannot realistically fuel vehicles – a based company, is entering into isn't competing with the food value we need to go into practice,” he liquid fuel is needed, Tsang said. Robert Huynh, James Culleton, an agreement with the South of the crop,” Johnson said. said. “It's not a simple equation.” “We really don't have much Cindy Titus, Brooke Dmytriw, Steve Dakota-based K.L. Energy to cre- Because the edible part of plants Success will depend on a num- choice... if we want to replace Currie, Craig Heinrich, Andrew Tod, ate Canada’s first cellulose ethanol is not needed to create this type of ber of variables such as location, petroleum.” J. Williamez, James Janzen, Sagan plant. fuel, plants could be harvested for method of production and effi- Morrow, Marina Koslock, Jonathan The University of Manitoba is food, while remaining bailed straw ciency of individual plants. Dyck, James Hawboldt, Samuel in the early research stages of cel- can be used for cellulosic material. Implementation should there- Swanson, Graham Blicq, Kate-Lyn lulosic ethanol, said Gary Johnson, This could ease the crisis of grow- fore be carefully devised and not professor in the department of agri- ing food prices worldwide, said rushed into, Tsang added. Last week in our campus briefs, Danyluk, Gaëlle Engelberts, Chris business and agriculture economics Adrian Tsang, director of Concordia “We don't know what all the we mistakenly named LGBT* Hunter, Adam Johnson, Marko at the University of Manitoba. University's Centre for Structural ramifications are… We need to students' director Jonathan Bilandzija, Brad Pennington, Kevin “Nobody's very far along,” al- and Functional Genomics. think carefully before we move Niemczak as the organizer of Chaves, Jess Chapman, Dave the protest at the Canadian though some institutions are work- The Centre has been chosen as ahead.” Hollier, Trevor Hagan. ing on small-scale pilot projects to the lead academic institution in the Johnson warns there may in fact Blood Services' campus blood drive. In fact, Niemczak was not produce cellulosic ethanol, he said. 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three other First Nations commu- re i on the project’s nities: Fox Lake, York Factory and Effects Act mer War Lake, reported the Canadian Manitoba Hydro is attempting to It’s all downhill after age 27 implications Press. The dates for these votes have minimize the damage their dams have CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia: A recent yet to be determined. on surrounding ecosystems. Here is study on mental ability concluded the “It’s a difficult marriage,” Rempel what’s involved in the Adverse Effects brain’s mental power peaks at age 22 and Andrew McMonagle said. “By supporting these foreign Act (AEA) for the Tataskweyak people. begins to fade thereafter, making 27 the Beat reporter energy interests, the local issues are start of old age. ignored.” The Keeyask Dam project has un- Researchers at the University of But for Larry Beardy, the avoidable negative effects on the Virginia, headed by professor Timothy Tataskweyak people’s traditional Salthouse, tested 2,000 subjects and Residents of a northern Manitoba Anglican priest in Split Lake, there found reasoning, speed of thought and community are divided on the idea is nothing difficult about the deci- way of life, including:  Food gathering by hunting, Former Split Lake resident Solange spatial visualization declined in the late of Manitoba Hydro building a dam sion to partner with Hydro. 20s. in their area. Beardy is a member of the trapping and fishing Garson is worried the Keeyask dam will continue the destruction Manitoba Hydro The subjects, aged 18 to 60, underwent Solange Garson, a former Tataskweyak Cree Nation who is  Traditional learning methods caused in her community. the same tests doctors use to identify Split Lake resident now living in involved in the promotion of the  Natural and spiritual relation- dementia and Alzheimer’s. Winnipeg, feels the Keeyask dam Keeyask project. ship with the land According to the BBC, the age for top will bring more harm than good “The church leaders in fects of the dam. mental performance was 22. to her remote Cree community, lo- Tataskweyak were asked to tell Offsetting programs seek to coun- The extent and timeline of The seven-year study also concluded cated about 143 kilometres west of the story of the partnership with terbalance those effects. Hydro this study have not yet been memory was sound until the average Thompson. Manitoba Hydro,” he said. “We’re will provide $2 million on March developed. age of 37; abilities involving accumulated The Tataskweyak Cree Nation looking at business and employ- 31, 2009 and again on March 31, Beardy is also encouraged by knowledge, vocabulary and general in Split Lake was greatly affected ment opportunities.” 2010 to manage the programs. The Manitoba Hydro’s promise to knowledge increased until age 60. by the Churchill River diversion in Beardy said the Keeyask dam Tataskweyak Cree Nation is solely build a culture centre in Split 1977, making residents wary of fur- project is just another step in a responsible for administering the Lake, and by their support of a Fall Keeping memories at ther Hydro developments. long history of First Nations com- offsetting programs, including: Access Program. your fingertips “Split Lake was a beautiful place munities partnering with industry,  Access Program - Provides This program will help fund tra- HELSINKI, Finland: A computer with six beautiful beaches,” she which stretches from the fur trade hunters and fishermen access to ditional hunting and fishing expe- programmer who lost his finger in a said. “Now it’s gone.” to working on the Canada railway. other areas to practice in, com- ditions away from the Split Lake motorcycle accident has developed a The Keeyask Generating Station “It’s a natural process,” Beardy pensating for the loss of viability area for the area’s Cree people. prosthetic fingertip containing a USB is still in its planning stages. When said. “Our people have voted in fa- on the Nelson River and on land in These activities were displaced drive. built, it will be located in the Split vour of the partnership. It’s one way Split Lake. from Split Lake due to environ- Jerry Jalava can now hold two gigabytes of memory in his fingertip, Lake Resource Management Area of improving the community.”  Traditional Lifestyle mental damage in the area from on the lower Nelson River. It will In an effort to minimize the neg- previous Hydro projects, like the accessible simply by peeling back his Experience Program – Provides nail. be one of Hydro’s largest dam proj- ative effects of the Keeyask dam, funding, supplies and mentors to Churchill River diversion. ects in northern Manitoba. Manitoba Hydro has generated “The erosion of the shorelines The tip is removable, so Jalava can give young adults opportunities to leave his finger plugged into a computer The people of Split Lake voted Adverse Effects Agreements (AEAs) learn about and experience tradi- is a major concern,” Garson said. the proposal in on Feb. 6. with the affected four nations. “I’ve seen deformed fish which I when necessary. tional lifestyles. BBC News reported Jalava is planning But Marcus Rempel, spokesper- The AEA proposes several “off- never used to.” to upgrade his finger with more storage son for the Interfaith Task Force on setting programs” that try to even  Cree Language Program – Garson also has issues with the Provides instructors and materi- and wireless technology. North Hydro Development (ITF), out any problems that Keeyask way the money is being distrib- Jerry lost his finger last year after a group of church members from may produce in the area. als for the teaching of the Cree uted in the community. language. crashing his motorcycle into a deer. across Manitoba who are con- These offsetting programs in- “We’ve not seen any financial He developed the idea for the fingertip cerned with the public consulta- clude profit sharing and funding Source: Cree Nation Partners transparencies. I’ve been bugging after his doctors joked he should have tions around Hydro developments, for community development. This them for this since 2000,” she a “finger drive” when discussing what noted that voter turnout was slim, includes compensation in the form said. Jalava did for a living. and that the vote was won by a of satellite phones, leased vehicles, amongst millions of dollars in other Construction dates have yet to small majority. and more (see box for more info). payments. be announced. A change of image According to CTV Winnipeg, It also provides Tataskweyak Beardy said the elders of the Manitoba Hydro was not avail- ABUJA, Nigeria: Africa’s most populous over 60 per cent of voters voted yes with over $2 million a year for community negotiated an environ- able for comment as of press time. country is trying to improve its on the project. every year of the project after 2013, mental study to be done on the ef- international reputation by announcing a new patriotic slogan and marketing campaign. Controlling the force Despite its abundance of oil, Nigeria is known for its corruption and poverty, j o drug-transit routes and numerous City march against matter. She said she received a re- e k

o e-mail and online scams. It is hoping sponse from St. Boniface coun- r Keeping our n police brutality garners e cillor Dan Vandal and Mynarski l a new slogan, “Nigeria: Good People, se cops in check low turnout, strong councillor Harry Lazarenko, both n Great Nation” will improve people’s of whom said they were concerned Making a claim to LERA impressions of the West African nation. emotional responses with what happened. Winnipeg Manitoba's Law Enforcement President Umaru Yar’Adua publicly  said he hopes the phrase will improve chief of police Keith McCaskill also Review Agency (LERA) applies Joe Kornelsen called her and said that police will the country’s international image and to all municipal police offi- strengthen citizens’ spirits, reported Beat reporter look into the situation, and that cers in Manitoba. The Royal he will send her complaint to the Reuters. Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) The slogan will be printed on t-shirts Professional Standards Unit, which About 50 people took part in the rally in is under federal jurisdiction and baseball caps for sale in the Protestors took to Winnipeg’s is part of the Winnipeg Police support of the 13th annual International and complaints must be made country. streets to mark the 13th annual Service, she said. Day Against Police Brutality on Mar. 15. to the Commission of Public Conversely, Reuters reported Nigerians International Day Against Police The family is now considering a Complaints Against the RCMP. view their resilience in the face of chaos Brutality recently. civil suit.  Complaints must be filed with pride, saying if they can survive About 50 people walked from In an interview following her “If there are complaints that are within 30 days of the incident. Nigeria, they can survive anywhere. Old Market Square to the Manitoba speech, Hepburn said that de- made then, there is a process that Law Courts Building on Mar. 15. spite its relatively small turnout, we encourage people to take,” he  Complaints must be made Iranian blogger dies in prison Along the way, they stopped in the march was an important op- said. in writing and can be submit- ted to LERA, a police chief or a TEHRAN, Iran: A blogger arrested for Central Park to hear a personal story portunity to raise awareness of Currently, citizens should ad- insulting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in from Roanna Hepburn, adminis- what her family and others have dress the provincially-run LERA member of a municipal police department. prison. trative assistant at the University of experienced. with any complaints they may have Omid Mir Sayafi, reported to be in Manitoba’s faculty of Social Work “This group of people is bring- against the police.  Complaints can be resolved his late 20s, was first arrested in April at the North End’s William Norrie ing attention to what is really going The Doer government is ex- through informal resolution, 2008, released 41 days later and then Centre. on out there,” she said. pected to make changes to the po- admission by police officer, or re-arrested and sentenced to two-and-a- Hepburn talked about her The march was planned by lice act this spring and Stearns said through a hearing with a judge. half years for comments he made about granddaughter, whom she alleges Copwatch, a group of citizens that that Copwatch is working on mak-  If officer is found at fault, the Ayatollah on his blog. was beaten by police officers in the monitor police activity. ing recommendations for the act. penalties can range from admo- A fellow inmate, Hessam Firouzi, called North End in early March. Alex Stearns, a volunteer with Stearns said the group also plans nition to dismissal. Sayafi’s lawyer saying Sayafi was not Hepburn told the assembled Copwatch, said marches like this to hold Know your Rights training receiving proper care from the prison crowd that when police came to are significant because police strad- sessions in schools and in prisons, Source: LERA doctor. investigate an argument that her dle an important line in society. to inform people of their rights Firouzi alleged that Sayafi, who granddaughter was involved in, she “People have rights, rights to when dealing with law enforce- suffered from depression, had overdosed was arrested and violently put into speech and assembly, but the truth ment officials. Both Boone and Diddens be- on anti-depression medication without a police car. is that these rights are only paper Copwatch currently holds bi- lieve that police mistreatment is an medical attention, the International Hepburn’s granddaughter was and the police have the power to monthly patrols with video cam- important issue that needs to be Campaign for Human Rights (ICHR) in then allegedly repeatedly kicked take away these rights,” she said. eras to monitor police activity. talked about more in the city. Iran reported on its website. CNN reported the ICHR is accusing the at the police station before being Constable Jason Michalyshen, Rachelle Diddens and University government of failing to improve prison sent to Winnipeg Remand Centre public information officer with of Manitoba student Stacy Boone For more information on the pro- conditions and hold prison officials (WRC), a pre-trial holding facility. the Winnipeg Police Service, de- came along for the march, with posed changes to the Provincial accountable for Sayafi’s death. Hepburn sent a letter describing clined comment on issues related placards at the ready. Police Act and Copwatch’s sugges- Sayafi’s lawyer has inquired about his the events to city councillors and to Copwatch or the march. “I believe we have a problem in tions, check out Sandy Klowak’s client’s death with the prison, but has to Manitoba’s Law Enforcement He added there are institutions this city,” Diddens said. “I think story in issue 22 of The Uniter, received no response. Review Agency (LERA), and de- in place for people who want to file the police are not getting enough http://uniter.ca/view/499. manded an investigation of the a complaint against the police. training.” 04 News The Uniter March 26, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Canadian newcomers have bleak pension prospects “We had seniors who attended mark Canadian workforce late.

Immigrants unaware re a language class who didn’t know “It would help if Canada got its i of their pension they could collect it,” Lalande said. mer act together of recognition of for- “We helped them apply.” eign credentials,” Doyle said, add- entitlements The International Centre is an ing it would put new Canadians in agency that provides programming a higher income bracket while in and support to help newly arrived the workplace. Dan Huyghebaert Canadians integrate into Winnipeg Doyle also sees a problem with Beat reporter life. the jobs new Canadians get. Lalande pointed out most im- “New residents usually take up migrants have no financial plan- non-union low paying jobs while When Mary (not real name) moved ning skills. they try to secure training to get here from El Salvador 11 years ago To be eligible for OAS and the into unionized work,” he said. with her daughter, she did not Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), a Unions include pensions in their know she would be eligible for Old person must be a Canadian citizen collective agreements. Age Security (OAS). and must have resided in Canada Only 35 per cent of the non-ag- Speaking through a translator, for at least 10 years after the age of ricultural workforce is unionized, Mary, 75, said she found out when 18. Doyle said. the government sent her a let- The OAS is financed from fed- Many new Canadians are uninformed about their Canada Pension Plan rights and the In the meantime, Mary’s finan- ter in the mail telling her she was eral tax revenues and employment jobs that get them, which results in smaller pension earnings. cial situation is not dire, because eligible. history is not a factor. Workers she lives with her daughter, who “I was very happy to know,” themselves make contributions works at a school café. Mary said. to the CPP through ongoing a program to educate newly ar- before press time. She hopes her daughter will have Linda Lalande, executive direc- employment. rived Canadians about such pro- John Doyle, communications a decent pension after paying into tor of the International Centre of Yet both plans must be applied grams, as well as provide ongoing co-ordinator at the Manitoba the CPP for 11 years – but it prob- Winnipeg, said she highly doubts for – a fact many immigrants are information. Federation of Labour, said very ably will not be as much as the pen- newly arrived immigrants know unaware of. CPP government representatives few new Canadians have a good sion of someone born in Canada. they are eligible for OAS. Lalande thinks there should be could not be reached for comment pension as a lot of them enter the

Biking for change Culture of fear Does a ‘good faith’ mark International re i warning policy have mer biking tour draws service workers acting Winnipeggers, as vigilantes? but never makes Andrew McMonagle it to town Beat reporter Ksenia Prints News production editor A Winnipeg resident was recently Otesha Project bike tours cross Canada and spread a message of sustainability. reminded of the sensitivity to pub- lic safety when police raided his University of Winnipeg urban and home in search of weapons – on inner city studies student Andrea change in the world,” said Kelly How to join in? account of a toy gun. Derbecker spent last fall biking Bowden, Otesha’s current program David Leckie was getting an West Broadway resident David Leckie along Canada’s east coast, trying to co-ordinator. Otesha is still accepting people for Internet connection installed by discovered that even a toy gun is teach the residents of small, back- She cites Otesha’s slogan, “Be its summer and autumn 2009 tours. Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) enough to get MTS workers worried water towns about fair trade coffee the change you wish to see.” The tours are: on Feb. 19. about public safety. and water conservation. Otesha is now an annual bike Sunshine Coast Tour – May An hour after the technician left, “We focused on the things they tour and travelling sustainability 25 to July 19 – A tour across members of the Winnipeg Police has to understand the police were already had and did in these com- show. It goes through up to six dif- B.C. Marked as physically Service (WPS) came to his door acting on good faith. munities,” she said. “We were in ferent routes across the country, challenging. armed with rifles and wearing in- For Leckie, this is no matter to rural Newfoundland, there’s not with tours lasting between one and Great Lakes Tour – Sept. 1 timidating black outfits. be taken lightly. He is upset not a lot of [sustainability activism] two months. to Oct. 26 – A tour of three of Leckie had no idea what was only because the gun was a toy, but there.” The destinations change every North America’s Great Lakes: going on. because he denies holding or using For two months Derbecker, 21, year, in attempt to expose as many Huron, Erie and Ontario. The police handcuffed him and it in any way while the technician lived in a collective community, people as possible to Otesha’s mes- searched his West Broadway apart- was in his home. where all decisions were made by sage of sustainability. Rising Tide Tour – Aug. 1 to ment. They said they had a report Leckie said the gun was behind consensus based on a strong ethi- But Manitoba hasn’t been on Aug. 28 – A coalition-building of weapons on the premises. a bar counter where the technician cal message. Otesha’s tour list in three years. tour that allows youth to meet The search turned up the cul- was working, far from where he “We once spent half-an-hour Winnipeggers like Derbecker have prominent activists in Halifax. prit, a toy gun that Leckie had used was standing. arguing on whether to buy molas- joined tours in other areas. Emphasis on learning and not as a prop in a movie. “There’s only room for one per- ses because it wasn’t fair trade,” she Bowden cites organizational performing. The entire incident took about son behind the bar,” he said. recalls. reasons, saying it was impossi-  To participate, you have to 15 minutes, Leckie said. Leckie admits the gun was This wasn’t just some nutcase ble to squeeze Manitoba into the between 18 and 30 and have Leckie still didn’t understand the painted entirely black, which could experiment in collective living. Prairies tour, going from Alberta to some riding experience. Advice reason behind the incident, but he make it seem real, but that “if you Derbecker was a part of the Otesha Saskatchewan over the span of two on physical fitness training will had an idea; so he went to the MTS looked at it up close, it would not Project – an international bike tour months. be provided before the tour. head office to try and figure it out. look realistic at all.” that has youth cycling across vari- This is a problem for local cy- For more information, or to MTS security services informed “Decisions have to be made when ous regions of Canada, teaching cling organizations, who insist sign up, go to www.otesha.ca/ Leckie the technician who visited we’re aware of a situation where a others how to live a sustainable Winnipeg’s vibrant cycling scene is bike+tours/. his home had called the police in gun is involved,” Michalyshen said. lifestyle. often overlooked. Source: The Otesha Project response to seeing the gun in the “We have to take that info as being Between September and October “I feel there would be a vast array apartment. factual.” 2008, Derbecker biked with Otesha of people and resources in the city This response is routine for No charges were laid against from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to St. they (Otesha) could interact with MTS, which has a policy on report- Leckie. John’s, Newfoundland. here,” said Geoff Heath, volunteer sustainability message. ing suspicious incidents based on Leckie is not concerned about “It just put life into perspective co-ordinator for the Bike Dump, a Otesha’s message is slowly the judgment of its service workers, the police response, but is instead in a really great way,” she said. “I bicycle collective and do-it-yourself making its way into Winnipeg. Jill Gibson from MTS communi- upset by MTS’s apparent unwill- was really able to de-clutter my repair shop in Winnipeg. Derbecker took lessons from cations wrote in an e-mail. ingness to take responsibility. mind and just bike for the day.” “It would really make sense if Otesha back to her community “MTS Allstream is regretful for “I’m expecting nothing from Derbecker participated in the Otesha project came through economic development studies and any inconvenience caused by this them at this point,” Leckie said. Otesha’s fourth run. The Project [Winnipeg] and through the Bike her work with inner city youth at incident. MTS Allstream’s obliga- “But I would like to hear them say began in 2003, after sustainable de- Dump, get a tune up and even the Turtle Island Neighbourhood tion to the public and the safety of sorry.” velopment students Jocelyn Land- learn some skills,” he said. Centre. its contractors and their employees Leckie has cancelled his ser- Murphy and Jessica Lax returned According to Bowden, Otesha “I was really inspired to build is to report incidents like this to the vice with MTS. They have since from Kenya. needs local organizational support that sense of community I felt in proper authority to investigate and sent him a bill for the installation, Overwhelmed by the Canadian to go through an area. the program in my own home.” act appropriately.” which he does not plan on paying. life of excess, the two decided to But Heath said Otesha never ap- This policy is no problem for “What if this happened to some- bring some simplicity back home – proached the Bike Dump for po- For more information on the the police. WPS Constable Jason one with children or [who] were el- and formed the country’s first sus- tential collaboration. Otesha project or to sign up for a Michalyshen said the police do get derly?” asked Leckie. “They (MTS) tainable theatre troupe on bicycles. “Maybe they think Winnipeg tour, check out www.otesha.ca. For false incidents occasionally, but it’s would probably be more serious “It was this idea they could be has enough info on these themes,” information on the Bike Dump, a case of better safe than sorry. about it.”  empowered agents of positive Heath said, referring to Otesha’s check out bike-dump.ca.  Michalyshen wrote that Leckie 05 www.uniter.ca March 26, 2009 The Uniter Local Campus News News Briefs Compiled by Steve Currie Visiting speaker accused of anti-Semitism

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It may not be a holiday for most of us, but re i Winnipeg’s car thieves took a day off early academic freedom mer websites. this month. debate “These reports have been part of the public Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) reported record for years. To say that he’s anti-Semitic that the first Tuesday of this month, Mar. 3, Sandy Klowak for citing these mainstream news stories, and was the first zero-theft day in decades. Beat reporter then to imply that our sociology department MPI president, Marilyn McLaren, told CBC who invited him is also anti-Semitic – it’s so this shows Winnipeg is growing out of its wrong.” reputation as an auto theft capital. A professor invited to speak at the University Hall said his views are not anti-Semitic. Car theft has dropped 62 per cent in of Winnipeg earlier this month was accused “I’ve done my homework on this subject Manitoba in the last two years. Over that of anti-Semitism after his lecture, sparking a and I really resent any suggestion that I am a time, the province initiated several anti- debate on the limits of academic free speech. Nazi,” he said. theft programs, such as the immobilizer Anthony Hall, professor in the department “That is not a Nazi site,” he said about the subsidy. of globalization studies at the University of 9-11 Truth website that posted his article. Lethbridge, Alberta, was invited to speak by Patrick Biron, the website’s administrator, the U of W’s sociology department as their said the swastika image on his site, which is Province in the clear annual distinguished lecturer on March 6. made of bullets and features the American, Manitoba’s third quarter financial update He presented a paper called Bush League British, Israeli and NATO flags, is not a came bearing good news: The province Justice: Should George W. Bush be Arrested in sign of Nazi affiliation but an image that he is beating back the recession with a $316 Calgary Alberta to be Tried for International posted to raise awareness for a specific movie million surplus, $220 million more than Crimes?. Academic freedom was recently challenged at the on his website. expected. After his lecture, Hall was confronted by U of W, when a visiting professor was cornered and “The image is meant to be eye-catching The surplus will speed up a $40 million a group including Rhonda Spivak, editor of accused of anti-Semitism following a lecture. and provocative,” Biron said. payment for infrastructure to the City of local publication The Jewish Post and News, The symbol references an alliance of west- Winnipeg. The money is earmarked for road and U of W psychology professor Evelyn ern countries allegedly engaged in a terrorist repair and rapid transit funding. Schaefer. Sociology at U of W ought to be reproached operation against their own nations, he said. A government press release quoted The group accused Hall of anti-Semitism for its very dismal choice of bringing in Dr. “Hitler was the worst evil ever. Well, this Finance Minister Gary Selinger as saying based on an unrelated article, in which he Anthony Hall to deliver its 'distinguished' is another kind of evil and we have to watch the surplus, as well as a continued focus suggested Israeli intelligence services, among annual lecture.” out for it,” Biron said. on stability, will ensure the government’s many others, had prior knowledge of the Spivak and Schaefer both refused com- But Bob Freedman, chief executive officer good luck remains. 9-11 terrorist attacks. The article appears on ment on the incident. of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, said mtl911truth.org, a website that also features Michael Dudley, a research associate and this long-winded explanation is irrelevant. Better medicare, the grit way a swastika. library co-ordinator at the U of W’s Institute “If you go to the website, would you un- Jon Gerrard, the leader of the Liberal The 9-11 Truth movement believes the in- of Urban Studies who attended Hall’s lec- derstand that?” Party of Manitoba, has a new vision for famous terrorist attacks were an inside job ture, said the treatment Hall experienced on It’s what you see that counts, he said. provincial health spending. orchestrated by the American government, campus is unacceptable as it discourages free Freedman said Hall uses his status as an Gerrard told CBC he sees the current possibly in conjunction with other nations. speech in academia. academic as a get-out-of-jail-free card for his system as top-heavy and allowing regional “It was almost like they were conducting a “That’s what an academic institu- controversial views. authorities too much discretionary control trial,” Hall said of the confrontation. tion ought to do, to invite people who are “This is a guy walking under the guise of of the budget. Hall said the group physically blocked his controversial.” an academic, and at the end of the day he was He also accused Winnipeg Regional exit from the classroom. According to Dudley, Hall’s statements challenged and he didn’t like it,” he said. Health Authority (WRHA) administration “It was very clear that the intention was to to the effect that Israel's intelligence agency Hall said the incident reflects poorly on of guzzling up a substantial portion of all hurt me professionally,” he said. Mossad had foreknowledge of the 9-11 at- the U of W and how they treat guests in their funds before they reach patients. In the Mar. 11 issue of The Jewish Post and tacks are based on well-known reports from institution. Gerrard envisions a system akin to what News, Spivak wrote, “the Department of the mainstream media, including the Sunday He feels the U of W should have provided cataract surgery currently uses, wherein a security staff for his lecture due to the height- flat rate is paid for the procedure regardless ened sensitivity of anti-apartheid week, dur- of where it is done. ing which it took place. Gerrard hopes changes to WRHA In the meantime, U of W administration regulations will ensure public funds are is taking its time mulling over the case. actually going to the delivery of services, "The University will be interviewing all thus improving the system’s overall relevant witnesses and those involved in the accountability. incident," Diane Poulin, communications officer for the U of W, wrote in an e-mail. Biodiesel? Not for Manitoba "Our goal of the process is to ensure that we Manitoba has licensed its first bio-diesel clearly understand what occurred and deter- plant, but our neighbours south of the mine whether there has been any violation of border will reap all the benefits. university policy on anyone's part." The Greenway Bio-diesel plant in St. Poulin stated the university will determine Boniface will export all of its output to its "course of action, if any, based on the re- Minnesota, where consumers receive a sults of the investigation." $1-per-gallon subsidy for blending biofuel The sociology department could not re- and petroleum. lease a comment before press time. Royce Rostecki, Greenway’s owner, called Dudley hopes the U of W will apologize this an “insurmountable disadvantage” in to Hall for the treatment he experienced on an interview with the Winnipeg Free Press. campus. Manitoba’s Biofuels Act mandates "I worry that by remaining silent about a five per cent blend of biofuels in these accusations the university is giving cre- petroleum diesel to create local demand. dence to them," he said. The establishment of a local bio-diesel producer was a legislative prerequisite for Banning Bush this mandate. Professor Anthony Hall’s lecture at the Calling all Liberals University of Winnipeg was sparked by Leader of the Opposition Michael Ignatieff former United States President George W. visited Winnipeg on Mar. 20, his first official Bush’s visit to Calgary, the first since the visit since taking over the federal liberal end of his presidency, on Tuesday, Mar. 17. party. Hall also attended a protest outside At a speech to local business leaders, the Telus Convention Centre in down- Ignatieff called for increased federal town Calgary, where Bush addressed an education, training and infrastructure invitation-only crowd. Four protesters funding for the provinces. were arrested. He also called for investment in an east- west Canadian power grid, a potential boom Hall, along with several groups including for the energy-rich Western provinces. Lawyers Against the War (LAW), argues The Winnipeg speech is a part of a Liberal Bush should be banned from Canada for Party of Canada's attempt to awaken party being guilty of war crimes by allegedly support in the Western provinces through a sanctioning torture in U.S. prisons in Iraq series of speeches, the Winnipeg Free Press and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. reported. Canadian law prohibits anyone suspected The following evening Ignatieff spoke of war crimes from entering the country. at the annual general meeting of the Once over the border, Canada has a legal provincial liberals. obligation to investigate the case.

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Campus Voter turnout way up in UWSA election New president said Rac. Of the contested executive posi- “This program could raise the News Briefs And that's just the way Syvixay tions, Kelly Ross won back her seat bar nationally for campus sustain- Compiled by Craig Heinrich wins by a hair; liked it. as vice president student services, able transportation,” said Robin “I feel like I had a very sneak- and David EisBrenner will be next Bryan, a U of W student who has Mayor rebuilds environmental attack campaign strategy,” he year's vice president advocate. been working to raise support for environmental council projects embraced said. “Kind of like a non-strategy This year’s election is sure to the initiative. Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz released strategy.” make waves beyond the university the names of the councillors who will Syvixay said he chose to keep a with the passing of two progressive comprise the new Mayor’s Environmental Toban Dyck low profile, talking to students one referendum questions. The pro- The winners Advisory Committee, The appointed committee offers News assignment editor on one, especially groups who don't posal to make the U of W the first Who will be representing you the mayor advice about sustainability usually engage in student politics. Canadian university to eliminate next year: “I didn't focus on the regular bottled water sales passed with 976 practices. The last incarnation of the President: Jason Syvixay committee disbanded six weeks ago Sandy Klowak campaigning, I didn't attack any- 'yes' votes and 328 'no' votes. over a dispute regarding the group’s Beat reporter body else.” President and vice-chancellor Vice president academic (VPA): mandate. In a recent letter to the editor, Lloyd Axworthy expressed the uni- David EisBrenner New members on the council include one voter expressed concern over versity administration's support of Vice president internal (VPI): students, the new principal at the Democracy is on a good path at the the possible confusion of having this student-led initiative at a press Courtney Maddock University of Winnipeg's Richardson University of Winnipeg. two Jasons run for president (see conference on Monday, Mar. 23. Vice president student services College for the Environment, a cycling This year's University of letters on page 10). Rac acknowl- UWSA environmental ethics (VPSS): Kelly Ross activist and a collection of environmental Winnipeg Students’ Association edged this could have been an director Stephanie Chartrand is consultants, co-ordinators and lawyers, (UWSA) general election saw a six issue, but said it was not brought to pleased the referendum passed, but Adaptive services students’ di- reported the Winnipeg Free Press. per cent hike in voter turnout from his attention during the weeks pre- expected more support. rector: Jesse Turner The new committee will hold its first last year. The election brought in ceding the election. “I know there was a lot of con- Business and economics direc- meeting Mar. 31. 13.3 per cent of the total university Syvixay said he introduced him- troversy around the issue because tor: Nick Zawadski population, the highest voter turn- self simply as 'Jason' to many stu- people think it’s a recycling issue Canadian federation of students’ National chief to out since 2003, according to chief dents during the campaign, which rather than a paying for water (CFS) liaison director: Vinay Iyer speak at U of W elections commissioner Michael may have increased confusion at issue,” Chartrand said. “We need The national chief of the Assembly of Rac. the ballot. water to live and it’s just a human Community liaison director: First Nations (AFN), Phil Fontaine, has big The 1,338 ballots cast made some And Syvixay’s luck is not soli- right to have access to it.” Tyler Blashko ideas about the role indigenous people wins decisive, while others made it tary. He ran in a successful three The university plans to conduct Environmental ethics director: will play in the struggling economy. in by the skin of their teeth. person slate with Brent Gali, next a water audit and infrastructure Jazmin Villalta Fontaine will speak on the issue at With four candidates vying year's science director, and Jazmin upgrades to ensure that drinking Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- the University of Winnipeg’s Eckhardt- for the presidency, the race was Villalta, incoming environmental fountains are in optimal condition. Gramatté Hall, Mar. 30 at 7 p.m. gender and * (LGBT*) students’ tight. Jason Syvixay defeated Jason ethics director. The referendum question pro- director: Geoff Brown Phil Fontaine has been the national Robillard by 23 votes. The slate was called ‘Come posing a $2 student levy for an on- chief of AFN for an unprecedented three “Jason Syvixay was a surprise. I Together,’ and focused on being a campus cycling repair, education Science director: Brent Gali terms; he is a highly respected leader for First Nations communities across would say he was the underdog,” voice for a united student body. and advocacy facility also passed. Canada.

Stereotypes can impact your brain U of W seeks students A recent study done by two university professors suggests negative stereotypes may negatively affect the Despite initial high mark grades students receive on specialized “Kids want to be immediately re employable upon graduation,” he i tests. enrolment rates, mer According to Steven Spencer, one of said. “I think that helps us in the the co-authors of the study, students U of W concerned sciences.” worried about playing into negative John Danakas, public affairs stereotypes with their test answers about last year’s director for the University of exercise over-excessive caution when Manitoba, said it’s tougher to meet answering questions – which eventually drop; looks to enrolment numbers today. leads to poor results, Maclean’s He said the University of OnCampus reported. student services Manitoba also experienced a de- Based on these results, the professors crease in enrolment this year, claim that women and ethnic groups who and expansion as mainly due to demographics. Total seem to perform poorly – or even just as solutions enrolment was down 0.6 per cent well as their privileged counterparts – on for the winter 2009 term, dropping tests contain an untapped potential in from 25,518 in 2008 to 25,364. all fields. Dan Huyghebaert “Fewer students are graduating, Beat reporter so there are less people in that age Colleague of the King Associate vice president international Neil Besner said U of W enrolment has been group,” he said. comes to U of W drastically changing in the last three years. “Traditionally, Manitoba stu- For the second try in a month, a Even though the University of dents have stayed in the province distinguished civil rights activist and Winnipeg’s enrolment growth has to go to university.” historian, not to mention speechwriter outpaced the national average in proving,” he said. 2009 numbers jump 43.9 per cent Furthermore, the pool of avail- for the late Martin Luther King Jr., will the past, the university’s adminis- In addition, Besner pointed to from last year. able international students may be be coming to speak at the University of tration still thinks there's room for the U of W’s expansion projects as Rod Hanley, the dean of science drying up. Danakas said China in- Winnipeg. improvement. only helping enrolment. at the U of W, thinks the new sci- creased investment in its post-sec- Vincent Harding will present his Statistics Canada recently re- Besner said it will be the first ence building will be a factor in at- ondary infrastructure, which has lecture, Martin Luther King, Jr. and ported the national enrolment time in 50 years that the university tracting students. led to less international students Barack Obama’s Other Ancestors, free of charge on Apr. 2 at 7 p.m. in Eckhardt- growth rate for the 2006-2007 year will have new science labs. “At the career fair, we had a fair here. Gramatté Hall. was only 0.9 per cent. “We’ll have one of the best sci- number of students asking about Besner disagreed, pointing to a Harding was first set to speak at the U In contrast, the U of W saw its ence buildings in the country,” he [the new building],” Hanley said. stronger Chinese economy as a rea- of W on Mar. 5, but the talk got postponed enrolment rate increase by 4.2 per said. He said the faculty tries to re- son for students to leave. for unknown reasons. cent during the same period. The faculty of science, which has spond to demographic trends, “It would still be cheaper for While university enrolment stag- seen its enrolment wane over the pointing to a decline in the them to come to North America to nated during the 1990s, rates have last couple of years, saw its 2008- humanities. go school,” Besner said. First Nations education funds jumped up significantly since then. squandered by the feds A new government audit suggests But it went downhill in 2007- the Conservative government failed 2008. The Numbers remarkably in its efforts to track post- “We took a big hit last year,” said University of Winnipeg student enrolment since 1999-2000: secondary educational funding for First Neil Besner, associate vice president Nations youths across the nation. international for the U of W. 10,000 The report found that over 10,000 That year saw the university’s 9,341 qualified students are stuck on waiting numbers drop 5.3 per cent. 8,971 9,036 lists despite being ready to go to school “We are more dependant on 8,738 8,846 after the government failed to allocate revenue from tuition than other 8,397 any funds for them, Canadian Press universities,” Besner said, citing reported. funding as one of the reasons. Yet the government has no ideas, as This year, enrolment increased 8,000 7,655 it failed to trace its spending of $300 by 2.1 per cent from last year’s low. million on aboriginal tuition this year. But at 9,036, it is still less than the The government claimed that higher 2006-2007 numbers. 6,776 education is one of its primary ways to Besner said the key to raising en- improve First Nations’ living standards. 6,350 rolment is improving student ser- 6,100 The audit called on the government to vices. He pointed to a redesigned develop checks in the system to ensure website and improvements in ad- 6,000 the proper allocation of funds. vising and admissions, which he hopes will make a difference. Number of Students Enrolled Students Number of

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Comments Good & Evil No progress here Science minister’s evolution comments expose Canada’s backwardness Steve Currie Perhaps it is our love of plurality, our in- with J.Williamez Volunteer staff Let’s hope that voters nate ‘nice guy’ feelings that any idea popular and critics can pressure with enough people must be taken seriously. I teach biology classes on Saturdays – the Imagine a minister of justice who believed in Goodyear enough to put number one excuse I hear made for creation- Growing up is tough, stoning adulteresses or a minister of health down his Genesis and ists during my struggle against their irascible who prescribed exorcism. influence is “everyone is entitled to their own unless you’re It is impossible to believe that any of pick up a high school opinion.” Canada’s portfolios could be headed by a biology textbook It is difficult to imagine a more dangerous a gynecologist minister whose views on the subject hadn’t mindset in evaluating the executive branch of changed since the book of Genesis. our government. Hi Gang. It’s me, J. Williamez. I’m back for yet Or at least it was impossible until Mar. This is a man’s grasp of the powerful, veri- And if you are as naive as Marc Garneau, another edition of my weekly column “Good and 17, when MP Gary Goodyear, Minister of fied and applicable theory in the whole of the and think that Goodyear’s inability to dif- State (Science and Technology), refused to natural sciences is limited to a nearly illiter- ferentiate science and hocus-pocus is private Evil with J. Williamez” (because there are clearly comment on evolution in an interview with ate commentary on footwear. The question and separate from his work, cast your eye not enough people complaining about it to make the Globe and Mail on the basis of it being is whether we, as Canadians, are content to over the science spending for the year: cuts to the editors force me to stop). irrelevant. allow this man to judge which scientific en- history, cuts to critical theory, and an unprec- Today I’d like to talk to you all about the virtues “I'm not going to answer that question. I deavours are worthy of federal funding. edented elimination of funding for Genome am a Christian, and I don't think anybody Strangely, frighteningly, impossibly, the Canada, cornerstone of evolutionary biology and evils of employment. I’m choosing this topic asking a question about my religion is appro- answer may be yes. in Canada. because, this past week, I finally got a job. This priate,” he said. Liberal science critic Marc Garneau made Let’s hope that voters and critics can pres- is something I’ve been talking about doing (while Evolution, in the eyes of the nation’s ex- no bones about it. The Globe and Mail sure Goodyear enough to put down his secretly promising myself I would never do) ecutive agent who funds scientific initia- quotes him saying that believing in evolution Genesis and pick up a high school biology tives, is a religious question – impossible for is not in the job description of the science textbook. since the last time I had a job which was about a Christian to discuss without conflict of minister. Otherwise who knows where the next cuts three years ago. Since then I’ve made a living interest. How about believing in the automobile will fall. Apples? Snakes? Or on those crazy playing what I like to call “cock and ball music,” He covered himself the next day in a re- for the minister of industry? folks who don’t think maternal mortality but what could also be called offensive musical active interview with CTV, reassuring vot- Or believing in a round earth for the min- comes from original sin? ers outside of the Fundamentalist Christian ister of foreign affairs? comedy, every Monday night at Shannon’s Irish Right that he believed in evolution, or at least Canadians seem willing to accept this in- Gary Goodyear has been an MP since 2004, Pub. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a pretty sweet deal. his definition of it: sult to the secular state. We are not in any and has been endorsed by the anti-gay mar- I get to have a lot of fun doing that stuff. For “We are evolving every year, every decade. way a fundamentalist nation, yet we are riage group Vote Marriages Canada. example, next Monday (March 30), I’m having a That’s a fact, whether it is to the intensity posed to allow our science policy to be dic- of the sun, whether it is to, as a chiroprac- tated to us by a holder of the most backwards Steve Currie is president of the DUI debate Projectile Party, which means I’ll be bringing my tor, walking on cement versus anything else, and divisive viewpoints in modern science: club, and blogs at internet-argumets.blogspot. crappy guitar and I’ll be encouraging people to whether it is running shoes or high heels.” creationism. com. throw foodstuffs at me while I play. It should be a lot of fun. But the time has finally come for me to start thinking about acting like a grown up – for me Two-faced Harper can’t decide to really buckle down and become a productive member of society. Maybe I’ll buy a car, and get their collective voice in outrage at the timid myself a nice mortgage on a little house with Losing integrity or Conservative government response to the just losing face? country’s economic plummet. a white picket fence and then have a couple of Harper was left with a choice, and he de- kids. Or I guess I could always start an expensive cided to sacrifice the basic principle of mini- heroin habit with the money I’ll be making. Who Andrew Tod mal government spending he’s preached since knows? Anyway, my point is that it’s time for me Volunteer staff the old Reform Party days, instead initiating a massive government deficit. The prime james to grow up, and by that, of course I mean make

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Stephen Harper does not seem himself lately. backed down from decimating the lamb that et When I was young, I thought that having a job Gone are the days of the fiscally responsible is his Liberal Party opposition, now finds on was just something grown up people did because hardliner, with his dogmatic adherence to himself devoid of the macho posturing of the government bottom line. That persona last October’s election. Where there once they had finally grown weary of running around seems to have died the day that the ill-be- stood a man fresh on the heels of a “strength- acteristic of the new Harper is his grasp of playing all day and was therefore none of my gotten trio of opposition party leaders raised ened minority” now stands a humbled quasi- just how hopeless the future is for Canada’s business. Whenever someone asked me what I statesman. In fact, he now seems to stand for military in Afghanistan. On the same wanted to be when I grew up I always said that nothing other than what is needed to remain CNN program, Harper admitted to read- prime minister. ing Afghanistan’s history – a task appar- I didn’t know, but secretly I knew that this was It is almost as if the sweater-vested Harper ently overlooked by Jean Chrétien and Paul a silly question due to the fact that I was never of early fall was finally made whole. Now, he Martin – and deducing from this history going to grow up. As it turns out however, I was must not only look the part of a kinder, gen- that the country has always had some sort of wrong. I clearly did grow up. I grew up into a big tler prime minister, but he has to act like one insurgency. mature man with a moustache who plays songs too. And in Parliament that involves playing Perhaps in a time without such economic nice with others, no matter how much hatred turmoil, this statement would have become about pee pees and wee wees who still giggles one has for dissent. a massive story. The man whose patented when he farts, even while completely alone. Even his once near obsessive penchant government response to the questioning of That’s why I got a job. Now I can do grown- for blaming everything on the Liberals has Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan was up things like commute to and from work, buy dissipated somewhat, replaced with talk of to equate the questioner with Taliban collu- working together with the opposition. It sion now admits that the insurgency cannot groceries and complain about my job. I know seems as though Harper finally looked into be overcome by military might. The Harper there are some people who don’t complain about the meaning and functioning of a minority of old derided all those who believed Canada’s their jobs, because they actually like their jobs, Parliament. Afghan excursion should end as cowards and but these people are called gynecologists, and we Unfortunately, Harper’s equally appalling terrorist sympathizers. But now he agrees at tendency to take credit where it is not due re- least in principle. can’t all be gynecologists because there is only mains as much a part of his prime ministerial While most politicians come off look- so much gynecologizing that needs to be done. reign as that half-crooked smile he is photo- ing like two-faced jackals when they recant So the rest of us will just have to suffer through. graphed with so often. their political views in lieu of looming defeat, I know I will. I start my new job tomorrow. It won’t And so there he was last month, on CNN Harper has so far managed to find success by no less, espousing the virtues of government negotiating between positions of convenience be that bad, though. I’m sure I’ll get used to the stimulus spending in times of economic cri- in order to placate his deluded opposition. It working life. Plus, the pay is pretty decent. I just sis. He even said he believes in the practice of should be kept in mind however, that a poli- never thought that I, J. Williamez, would ever bailouts, deficits and genuine government in- tician who stands only for matters of conve- end up as an assistant gynecologist. Life can be tervention. All this coming from a man who nience, in fact stands for nothing at all. in early December refused to even entertain surprising, I guess. the coalition’s dangerous talk of a stimulus Andrew Tod is a University of Winnipeg package. student. J. Williamez is a local musician. You can By far though, the most surprising char- catch him every Monday at Shannon’s Irish Pub where he complains about his job, or, at your local gynecologist’s office. 08 Comments The Uniter March 26, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Nowhere to stay Government fails claimants. noise. Employers cite language dif- The main problem though is our ficulties or lack of qualifications newcomers prejudice against newcomers to resulting in them often providing Winnipeg. Landlords turn a cold only minimum wage jobs. to Canada shoulder to many immigrants' pre- Refugee families come from dicament, citing that these families some of the most violent and des- (which are often large) are loud or perate parts of the world. Canada Devin Morrow don’t take proper care of the prop- is a new, hopeful option as some- Comments editor erty. Furthermore, it is rare to find where safe that can finally be con- ß an apartment or rental house for sidered home. Instead we consign less than $700 or $800 that is a them to the only places available – Refugees living in Winnipeg face a suitable home for a family of eight the places that no one else wants. Have you ever huge obstacle to their settlement: or nine. The government’s serious failure a serious lack of adequate hous- Somehow, the government ex- to help these people is reflected in wanted to write for ing. The plight of new refugees and pects new families to feel welcome their lives every day. How can we immigrants is hidden between the in this country of refuge, despite suggest that this is a good place for cracks of government bureaucracy, that between small budgets, shabby them to be when we offer them so The Uniter but couldn't but cannot be ignored. housing options and dangerous little? But any review of the pro- Many new refugees and immi- neighbourhoods, they are really gram could take years and would find the time because grants arrive through the Manitoba given little incentive to stay. probably only result in the degra- Interfaith Immigration Council’s Kids who have little to do and dation of services, either narrow- of work or school? Well settlement centre known as feel ostracized at school are pulled ing the scope of what is provided, Welcome Place, located in Central into gangs. Landlords threaten evic- or severely limiting the number of Park. The government provides 20 tion with any minor complaint of people Canada takes in every year. here's your chance. days of free housing before refu- Neither of these is a satisfactory gees must find a permanent home. solution. And though Welcome Place does Between small There may not be a cut and dry its best to provide people with the budgets, shabby answer to this problem. In fact, means and ability to find homes just realizing that these issues exist The Uniter publishes and settle in Winnipeg (often al- housing options is the first step towards a brighter lowing them to stay months longer and dangerous future. Canada is a multinational summer issues! than the government-prescribed 20 country, and one that was created days), many get caught in an ongo- neighbourhoods, through immigra- Slave away for us ing search for suitable housing that they are really tion. People will can last years. always arrive, The problem is not at Welcome given little and they can- in your free time. Place, but located through the in- incentive to not hope adequacies of Winnipeg’s general to begin a E-mail housing market and the lack of stay better life support refugees and immigrants here if we [email protected]. receive from the government. refuse to I cannot imagine having to find help. a clean and safe place to live in ß this city on a government stipend that may only be, at most, $400 a month. And many newcom- ers are provided much less than that. Agencies such as Manitoba Housing Authority refuse to even consider the applications of refugee Comments 09 www.uniter.ca March 26, 2009 The Uniter There are no slumdog millionaires here

But don’t feel municate very well because your minds plod be an accepted local so don’t kid yourself. along at two completely different altitudes. Don’t try to pretend you understand what guilty about it Try explaining profit margins to someone “those people” have been through but rather who can’t read, write or count. try and understand why “those people” have It’s strange but don’t feel guilty. been forced to go through it in the first James Janzen Having been exposed to the social justice place. Volunteer staff grinder that is Menno Simons College, my In Slumdog Millionaire, young Jamil be- ideas about what poverty is and how it af- lieves in destiny – that life will fall into place fects people were pretty accurate. Over the just because it is so written. In real slum life KAMPALA, UGANDA – After spending the last last few months I’ve seen there is very little talk two months working in one of Kampala’s several visitors come to You shouldn’t about destiny, or even largest and poorest slums I can’t say I’ve seen our project and take a any plans past where the much I didn’t expect. It has been a person- walk through the slum. apologize money for the next rent ally rewarding, emotionally taxing and in- They often leave emo- for having a payment is going to come credibly human experience – but that was tionally drained and in from. At least, that’s the anticipated. disbelief that human be- comfortable life, way it is in Kampala’s Even the guilt factor, an inevitable part ings actually live in such being educated Namuwongo slum and I of anyone’s first-time experience working in conditions. doubt Mumbai slums are such an environment, has been manageable. Well, they do. Nearly and wanting to any different. The lack of I’ve been aware of it but it has not consumed half of us do, actually. understand the forward thinking about me. Here is how it comes about and why you But you should be aware the future is one of the shouldn’t feel guilty. of that before you even world you live in. most depressing byprod- As a relatively affluent human being it’s think about booking your You should want ucts of poverty. How can easy to start harbouring feelings of shame, as flights. you have dreams or goals if it is somehow your fault that poverty ex- The fact that these con- those privileges for when you go to bed hun- ists. The guilt trip starts before you even leave ditions exist should make everybody gry three days out of four? home to whatever impoverished destination you cringe and wonder So stop feeling guilty you are headed to, with people saying things A young boy in Uganda's Namuwongo slum in the why. But you shouldn’t about how well off you with a wry smirk, like, “So you think you can City of Kampala. apologize for having a are. You’re not doing any- go there and help those people?” comfortable life, being educated and want- one any good and at the end of the day that It’s like they’re implying that you consider ing to understand the world you live in. You kind of thinking is self-indulgent at best. Start yourself as some hybrid Robert Chambers- take pictures of everything because, Oh, the should want those privileges for everybody. thinking in terms of future opportunities for Muhammad Yunus-Jesus Christ that is going people are just so beautiful. Anyone interested in the field of develop- the organization you’re working with and for to free the oppressed, microfinance the poor But you don’t because that would proba- ment should look for the underlying causes, those that maybe don’t have the privilege to and heal the crippled. And if you do, you bly be exploitive, right? social ills and societal structures that make think about the future themselves. Then we should probably stay home. But if you don’t, The real kicker might not even come when poverty possible. The best way to do this is can start making progress. then brush the comments off with a smile you meet someone and you realize that your to talk with impoverished people and build and ask your inquisitor where they got that shoes are worth more money than they see relationships with them. Of course it is im- James Janzen is a former Uniter beat reporter great new G-unit flat-brim. in six months. The most overpowering, heart possible to escape some ethnocentrism, no and a University of Winnipeg student cur- Then fly halfway around the world, burn- dropping, guilt inducing moment for me matter how long you spend abroad. You may rently on hiatus. More correspondence at lucy- ing buckets of dollars and carbon along the comes when meeting people twice my age become locally accepted but you will never opensfire.blogspot.com. way, and get yourself settled into your new with one-hundredth the education. Even temporary home where you wish you could with an efficient translator you can’t com-

Scenes from Kampala.

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Letters

First off, congrats on a great new UWSA election had an electoral I appreciate La Donna Ogungbemi- site and bumping up your news conundrum placed before the stu- Jackson’s letter, because it shows content. It reminds me of the origi- dent voters – two candidates with that this election has brought out nal Uptown many, many years ago. the same name, Jason. a lot of excitement and passion in I am writing with regards to Even though the final count people. 'The move from the west' in your yielded approximately 30 votes As Chief Elections Commissioner, last issue (issue 24). Stating "busi- between them, I feel that this co- it is my job to remain impartial dur- nesses are leaving the west end in nundrum could have been served ing the election process. Part of this droves" is way off the mark. I live due process if the surnames were impartiality, as well as in fairness to and work in the West End and, if placed first. I honestly find it pecu- all the candidates, meant that differ- Send your letters anything, have noticed the oppo- liar that I only witnessed one Jason ent ballots were rotated throughout site over the years. New diners, eth- (Robillard) sincerely campaigning, the voting period. This was done to to [email protected] nic shops have filled up most empty in and out of classrooms, and in- ensure that in contested positions, storefronts from Central Park to forming the student body of his candidates do not receive any un- Arlington. The U of W, West End genuine intentions. Whereas the fair advantage of having their name Cultural Centre, HI Hostels, etc. other Jason, I was informed anon- appear first. This is also set out in have made major investments in ymously, was backed ‘supposedly’ the UWSA Election Policy, which the area of late. Sargent has become by the “Science students.” Did you is available to be viewed online at tion of student/major advisor for in this eternal dance we call phi- a great hangout spot for coffee and know that Jason R. is a Geography www.theuwsa.ca the philosophy department, main- losophy, Keenan acts as a guide to snacks. student? “The names of candidates should tains an interesting and authentic facilitate a clearer and accessible The stores that have left are larger Additionally, I believe that pic- be rotated so that for any given po- rapport with his students. Jesting understanding of all its interpreta- ones: Safeway, Bargain Shop and tures speak volumes and while there sition, each candidate’s name shall and at times provocative, Keenan is tions. Philosophy can be likened Budget, but I don't think they left were monitors showcasing the can- appear first an equal number of recognized for his unique manner to a constant awakening, recon- because of any problem with the didates, pictures on ballots or in the times.” of eliciting responses from his stu- stituting itself as it moves through West End. Safeway closed the two voting cubicles would have ensured Large TV screens with the can- dents and his willingness to extend history. stores nearest it's new megastore at a more accurate representation of didates’ names and pictures, as well discussions beyond the classroom. I believe it was Keenan’s mission Madison Square but renovated the the true winner of this election. as copies of the Candidates' bios, Despite the pressures of moder- to draw our awareness to this pro- one at Sherbrook and Sargent. The In conclusion, I think the study were also at the polling station to nity, and with it, the technological cess, allowing for an appreciation of Bargain Shop has two stores a few body will be sorely disappointed to ensure that every voter was an in- advancements, Keenan has man- the value embedded within. If this minutes from each other. The days see the face of their new UWSA formed voter. aged to inject his lectures with en- is so, I know Keenan has succeeded of the friendly neighbourhood car President, Jason S. I feel that the candidates and the tertaining lessons using eccentric in at least one case. He has revital- rental lot were gone years ago. In retaliation, I am asking the election team have run a very suc- mannerisms and a piece of simple ized my academic career, deepened As the Polo Park area contin- student body to create a petition cessful campaign this year, which is white chalk. His teaching style not my quest for knowledge and called ues to sprawl and areas of Portage to rectify this case of mistaken evident that voter turnout nearly only encourages students to actively forth the audacity it takes to ques- Avenue see new retail, like mega- identity. doubled from last year. engage the material, but to also par- tion the status quo. Inspiring me drugstores, larger neighbourhood La Donna Ogungbemi-Jackson Michael Rac take in the art of self-criticism. to investigate the boundaries of stores will continue to close down. University of Winnipeg student Chief Elections Commissioner Keenan’s approach transcends my own conceptual limitations, I The West End, though, seems to be Part-Time/Mature Students' Centre the mere transmission of informa- graduate this year with a sense of responding to it quite well. co-co-ordinator tion. His interactive mode of lec- richness not previously realized; a C. Cassidy History marches on: an ode to turing facilitates the ever unfolding telos not previously envisioned. To The West End Editor's note: La Donna Professor Keenan process of self examination and Professor Keenan I give thanks, and Ogungbemi-Jackson also sent the Come spring, the University of critical reflectivity. This dialogical to all the dedicated educators who above letter to the UWSA's chief Winnipeg will bid farewell to yet practice seeks to erode the contra- share in his passion for wisdom. I would like to take this oppor- elections commissioner Michael another veteran professor. After 36 dictions that often envelop students’ Tristan Dreilich tunity to share my opinion about Rac, which elicited the response years of teaching, professor Brian philosophical presuppositions, ulti- University of Winnipeg student the winning of the new UWSA which follows. Keenan will give his last lecture as mately exposing the malaise of its President Jason…? a representative of the U of W. Dr. partial underlying perspective. In my opinion, the recent Keenan, who aptly holds the posi- For those of us who see the value 11 www.uniter.ca March 26, 2009 The Uniter Features

Sagan Morrow But even if the companies are Whether or not other organi- their use of it. trans fats. Volunteer staff making note of this, consumers zations follow suit remains to be eBrandAid.com’s McLeod said However upon closer inspec- might not realize there is a dis- seen. it’s dangerous that regulations on tion of the ingredients in many of tinction between “healthy” and trans fat can allow for companies their food products, both hydro- “healthier.” Sugar: to claim their product is “trans fat genated oil and partially hydroge- As rates of illness and disease rise Kerry McLeod, a sports nutri- Truly too good to be healthy free,” when in fact the product has nated oil were listed. As the Nurses’ all over the country, the health of tion certified instructor, knows a very small amount of trans fat. Association’s study illustrates, these Canadians everywhere is an issue first-hand that consumers often do Another major problem with the In accordance with Health tiny amounts of trans fats most we must address. What we eat not make this distinction. nutrition information on food Canada’s regulations, a food prod- certainly do not contribute to a strongly influences our improving McLeod took an interest in eat- products is that consumers lack an uct must contain less than 0.2g of food product as being a “healthier or deteriorating health, but with ing nutritiously after becoming understanding of the very impor- trans fat to be classified “trans fat option.” so many food products to choose pregnant. Before her pregnancy tant distinction between natural free.” In the United States there are from, it can be difficult to know she was a self-described “junk and added sugars. Although con- similar regulations. Leading us astray which ones are healthy. food junkie.” She started examin- sumers pay attention to the nutri- McLeod said this should be ille- Food companies like Kraft ing food labels and wrote a book to tion facts table on packages, they gal because we often eat far more While food manufacturers make and PepsiCo, as well as organiza- share her findings with others. The often overlook the ingredients list. than just one serving at a time. ethically questionable choices in tions like the Heart and Stroke Last Diet Book Standing was written This is the one place on the package their marketing strategies, we also Foundation, understand this prob- with the consultation of nutrition that indicates the type of sugar that must look to the regulations that lem. They offer a wide range of professionals. is in the product. Avoiding the traps government places on these food products that they tout as healthier McLeod actively works to teach McLeod notes that “more than manufacturers. options and they give these prod- consumers how to sift through 700 Kraft products carry the How can we as consumers avoid Why has the government given ucts their stamp of approval with the claims and understand which [Sensible Solutions] flag, and no the marketing traps that mislead their consent for these food man- special programs. Kraft has the brands are both tasty and healthy where in their criteria does it talk our understanding of nutrition ufacturers to have such misleading Sensible Solutions flag, PepsiCo through her website, eBrandAid. about what the ingredients must information? claims on their packaging? To en- has the Smart Spot label, and the com. contain.”  Bypass the front label and sure better health for all Canadians Heart and Stroke Foundation has Because it is a non-profit pro- This means that artificial sweet- nutrition facts table and read it is necessary to take proactive the Health Check. gram without any political par- eners can be used to lower the sugar the ingredients list first. measures. But are the foods these compa- ties, governmental organizations or count and consequently lead con-  Look for terms such as hy- Carol Dombrow, a registered di- nies approve of really healthy for food companies backing it, eBran- sumers to believe an unhealthy drogenated oil and do your re- etitian working with the Heart and us? dAid.com presents consumers with product is actually healthy, she search into any ingredients that Stroke Foundation, said it would On most food products there the objective truth behind health said. you cannot pronounce – chances be better for consumers if there was are four key aspects to the packag- claims. It works to debunk the Some artificial sweeteners have are, if they sound like the in- only one program with a defini- ing: the name of the product and myths that major food companies been linked to cancer, thus mak- gredients you would find in tive set of nutrition guidelines. This its brand; the claims on the front support and reminds consumers ing them dangerous to our health. household cleaners, you don’t would clear up confusion about label; the nutrition facts table; and that just because a food company Kraft is by no means the only food want to eat ‘em. food labeling. the ingredients list. is well-known and has a suppos- manufacturer that incorporates this Dombrow sees the future of When faced with dozens of dif- edly “healthier” line of products, marketing device; nearly every food  Find out how your food is health products as positive and said ferent types of peanut butter, most it doesn’t mean that these products industry operates in this manner. made at restaurants and ask for food manufacturers are moving in people don't know where to begin. are in fact healthy. The Heart and Stroke Foundation healthier substitutions. Most the right direction. This is why consumers gravitate to- This issue is even prevalent in is one organization that does distin- restaurants will be happy to “We are seeing [these compa- wards brands they recognize and la- the non-profit Heart and Stroke guish between natural and added provide an ingredients list if you nies take] an interest in nutrition. bels that promise health benefits. Foundation’s Health Check sugars with Health Check. Their can’t find one on their website. There is also a significant per cent This presents food companies program. guidelines require products like ce-  New York established a trans of manufacturers that reformulate real to have six grams of sugar or fat ban in July 2007, and British their products to meet the Health Mary Pan, assistant marketing less per serving, excluding sugar Colombia has become the first Check criteria.” from pieces of real fruit. province in Canada to take ac- Some food manufacturers might manager for the Health and Wellness But when you take into con- tion and it is working to ban be interested in reformulating their Program of PepsiCo Canada, said sideration that a teaspoon of sugar trans fats in time for the 2010 products to meet the guidelines rec- equals four grams, and that a serv- Olympics. Bans increase aware- ommended by Health Canada and that Smart Spot is “not intended ing is sometimes a small half-cup, ness about what we eat and the Heart and Stroke Foundation, to improve people's health” consumers are likely to have two or motivate a change in our diet but the motives behind this interest more servings in one sitting with- habits. Encourage your city are important. out realizing it. That is a lot of and province to follow others’ It can be easy to find ways with the opportunity to strategically A study conducted in March added sugar! examples in regulating trans around some of the guidelines. For splash health claims across packag- 2008 showed that “90 per cent of fat by banning it. example, it’s easy to make the serv- ing. Everything from “0 Trans Fat” consumers understand the Health Trans fat: ing size much smaller than what we and “With Added Vitamin C” to Check logo to mean ‘healthy,’ ‘good Your backstabbing ex-friend normally eat. “Reduced Sodium” and “Only 100 for you’ and ‘approved by the Heart The obesity epidemic across Calories” grab consumers' atten- and Stroke Foundation.’” As with natural and added sugars, “You walk away not even real- North America is forcing people tion, and these statements are often Although high amounts of so- there is also confusion about trans izing you just ingested one gram to look for ways to improve their incentive enough to make people dium are associated with increased fat. of trans fat. The FDA [U.S. Food health. Recognizing this, food buy the product. health risks leading to strokes and Trans fat occurs naturally in and Drug Administration] made manufacturers attempt to appeal to Consumers rely on these compa- high blood pressure, the Health products such as butter and this the claim that there are no safe lev- consumers, but if we do not under- nies and much of the food we eat Check can be found on food prod- is not the kind of trans fat that we els of trans fats, so why would they stand how to read nutrition labels, is either endorsed by PepsiCo or ucts with extremely high levels of need to avoid. It is the synthetically allow food manufacturers to mis- we can easily be duped by the loop- Kraft. sodium. Canned soups with 650mg produced trans fat, also known as lead people by putting that on their holes of marketing. But food companies are an in- of sodium per serving still bear the hydrogenated or partially hydroge- package?” We can increase our own aware- dustry, and this fact leads to the Health Check symbol even though nated oil, that we should eliminate For example, a box of cookies ness by speaking with registered di- question: is consumer health as im- they account for a quarter of our from our diet. could list the serving size as one etitians and making use of resources portant as promoting products and recommended amount of daily Trans fat is related to elevated cookie. If it is represented as being such as eBrandAid.com. making money? sodium. risks of heart disease and Type 2 trans fat free but actually has 0.2g of We can enhance our under- Mary Pan, assistant market- Dinner entrées are allowed to Diabetes. trans fat, and you consistently have standing and be better informed by ing manager for the Health and bear the Health Check symbol with A Nurses’ Health Study deter- three cookies at a time every day, in reading nutrition labels and ingre- Wellness Program of PepsiCo 960mg of sodium per serving. mined that men who increase their a month you will have consumed dients lists. Canada, said that Smart Spot is The Health Check program is trans fat consumption by just two roughly 14g of trans fat without re- These resources enable us to take “not intended to improve people's updating their nutrition criteria as per cent increase their risk of heart alizing it. And who eats just one the necessary steps to improve our health.” of November 2010. Soups will soon disease by a colossal 25 per cent. cookie every few weeks? health and the health of our fami- Rather it is a tool that should be have to contain less than 480mg of Trans fat is highly dangerous to PepsiCo’s Pan said that for a lies, in spite of the deceptive mar- utilized to help people in their busy sodium; and dinner entrees, less our health and food manufactur- product to be deemed worthy of keting strategies lurking in the lifestyles, she said. than 720mg. ers frequently attempt to cover up Smart Spot it must contain no grocery store. 12 The Uniter March 26, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Arts & Culture

ART REVIEW Revive, archive and survive Aceartinc hands reaching up on the back wall give the illusion that they are cry- showcases the ing for salvation. The planes on the adjacent wall are that salvation, and work of two local, as the helicopters repeatedly flutter onto the landing pad, you are filled emerging artists with relief. with Revival and The only light in the room is from the projectors and you cannot Archive help but feel isolated. These images become you and you’re waiting for your savior. It makes you think Marina Koslock about who or what in your life has Volunteer staff saved you. You can only imagine how you may have ended up had they not been there. The film stops Upon entering Aceartinc, you hear and everything goes black; you a barrage of sounds coming from leave the room shaky and revived. behind a black curtain. There is a Collin Zipp’s solo exhibit, steady bass sound accompanied Archive, also currently showing at by jumbled up voices and sounds Aceartinc, ventures into the ever- that put you in a dreamland. As debatable topic of nature versus you walk across the gallery and technology. Which is more im- walk into the dark area in the back, portant – advancing ourselves to Top: An image from Archive, a new solo the video reel starts and the room a super species or preserving the cell phone towers made of wire. As comes alive, screaming at you. Earth? well, there are jars of honey around exhibit by local artist Collin Zipp, now Winnipeg’s Heidi Phillips is A stuffed Rouen duck is posi- the display and a large wooden bee- showing at Aceartinc. known for her dream-like artistic tioned squarely on a shelving unit. hive. The viewers’ eyes, however, style and her latest exhibit, Revival, As big as a medium-sized dog, this are drawn to the television screens. Left: Images from Revival, a new exhibit is no exception. The sound for her duck was fed growth hormones to One shows a number of dots, de- created by local artist Heidi Phillips using videos comes from the movie Little grow to this grotesque size and be picting the Canadian geese flying found footage and clips from old films. Dieter Needs To Fly. stuffed and put on display. patterns, and the other bees milling Photos courtesy of the artists She took the conversations and While people may find it dis- about, making honey. voices and made them work with gusting, Zipp is making the point All of these things combined tell the footage she has for her solo ex- that it’s exactly what humans do to us regardless of how terrible we treat hibit, Revival -– footage lifted from chickens, pigs and cows. Pumping the Earth, nature will keep finding old films that Phillips recycled into animals full of hormones to make a way to evolve and survive. her own layered, loosely structured them larger is the norm now and narrative works. we, as consumers, should be ques- Revival and Archive are on at The room The feeling you get when walk- tioning this. Aceartinc (290 McDermot Ave.) comes alive, ing into the gallery is one of being The exhibit includes arrow- until Apr. 9. Visit www.aceart.org. completely encompassed. The headed spears wrapped in cloth and screaming at you Ar t s Ed i t o r : Aa r o n Epp Arts & Culture 13 E-m a i l : Ar t s @u n i t e r .c a Ph o n e : 786-9497 www.uniter.ca March 26, 2009 The Uniter Fa x : 783-7080 MOVIE REVIEW Arts Briefs Compiled by Jonathan Dyck A tough sell THE RETURN OF MACGYVER A movie-version of MacGyver, the long- running TV series about an extremely Michelle Williams resourceful secret agent, is in the works, CBC.ca reported Mar. 16. evokes pathos and Played by Richard Dean Anderson, the titular character is notorious for his sympathy in bleak, ability to get out of any situation with things as common as matchsticks and brave film a ballpoint pen. The show ran for seven seasons and gained popularity all over James Hawboldt the world. Volunteer staff “We think we’re a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise,” New Line WENDY AND LUCY Studio’s Richard Brener said. In Wendy and I hope The Simpsons picks up on this. Directed by Kelly Reichardt Lucy, Michelle 80 minutes Williams plays a Plays at Cinematheque Mar. 27-29 20-something, VIRGIN LOSES APPEAL and Apr. 1-5 at 7 p.m. living in her car I could make so many bad jokes about this one, but I’ll resist the temptation. I with her dog, en am of course referring to the planned route from Indiana to Alaska in search closure of the Virgin Megastore chain, For a film, bleak is a tough sell. which, supposedly marks the end of the Bleak kills parties, rains on picnics of employment. British music retail invasion. and hangs out at nursing homes. HMV was the first to crossover toN orth It’s hard to convince people to go Michelle Williams. Wendy is a Applause deservedly goes to a cheerless story with a miniscule America in 1990, but was soon followed by Virgin and W.H. Smith. Their fatal flaw, see bleak, especially when action, twenty-something, living in her Reichardt, but the film belongs to plot, little dialogue, no star-power, according to Ed Christman at Yahoo. horror and comedy are playing car with her dog, en route from Williams. Appearing in nearly every no music, no laughs and no roman- com, was “a failure to understand the next door. Indiana to Alaska. Her goal is to frame of the film, her performance tic story lines. Oscars have been U.S. real estate market” for British music Wendy and Lucy is one bleak find decent employment at a fish saves an incredibly barren plot given for less, I assure you. retailers “had a history of overpaying film. cannery plant. from what could have easily been Considering the daily remind- for locations, which meant both chains Running just 80 minutes, and The film opens midway through a movie of self-indulgent claptrap. ers of our society’s current financial usually had more unprofitable stores with a budget on par with what Wendy’s journey, when her car Looking unglamorous and androg- anxiety, the timing of Wendy and than profitable ones.” an AIG executive tips his valet, di- stalls in a parking lot in Oregon. ynous, she evokes pathos and sym- Lucy is incredibly apt. In keeping At its peak, the Virgin Megastore rector and co-screenwriter, Kelly This leads to a heartbreaking chain pathy despite playing the relatively with the film’s consistent unwilling- chain had 23 stores and revenue of Reichardt’s latest film has little of events that subtly address themes bland type of person many of us ig- ness to offer easy answers, Reichardt US$280 million annually, but at least 12 room for waste or extravagance. of morality, kindness, survival and nore on a daily basis, and all with- has given the film an ambivalent of its stores continually lost money. Of This coincides with the plight the dichotomy between love and out resorting to cheap, maudlin, ending, one that echoes the perils course, it doesn’t help that CD sales have of Wendy, played perfectly by ownership. audience-baiting gimmickry. of our economic worry. continually declined for years. With a spot-on example of Now, arguably the cinema should minimalist acting, Williams can be a place for escaping these prob- THE SHOW MUST GO ON convey a greater emotional depth lems as opposed to re-living them, FOR STEVE MARTIN and insight into her character with but it also a place for inspiration. After being banned from a high school just a blank stare than many of her Is it a bleak film? Definitely. But it due to parental concerns, Steve Martin’s better-paid contemporaries can do is also a brave one. What we take 1993 play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, will The Uniter Fashion Streeter is an ongoing documentation of creative fashion in Winnipeg inspired with a full script. Just consider the from it is up to us. be performed off-campus at Eastern by the Helsinki fashion blog www.hel-looks.com. Each week will feature a new look from our city’s talent required to hold together Oregon University. streets and bars in an attempt to encourage individual expression and celebrate that you are According to Yahoo.com, Martin wrote really, really good looking. in a letter to a newspaper that he would like to protect the play “from acquiring a reputation it does not deserve.” Apparently, Martin first became aware of the controversy from reading about it online. The play explores a fictional Janice meeting between Pablo Picasso and "I like to wear Albert Einstein in a Parisian bar, before whatever is both figures achieve fame and success in comfy." the realms of art and science. Martin has expressed frustration with the La Grande locals over the reigning conception of the play as a bunch of “people drinking in bars and treating women as sex objects.” Clearly, Martin has never lived in a small town. Volunteer for The Uniter. E-mail [email protected]. MAKE YOUR OWN MAGAZINE A customized magazine may be an act of desperation, but what choice does Time Inc. have? The Internet is crushing old-fashioned print across North America faster than you can say “obsolete.” “Time Inc. is experimenting with a customized magazine that combines reader-selected sections from eight publications as it tries to mimic in printed form the personalized news feeds that have become popular on the Internet,” CBC.ca reported last week. So how is this better than the Internet? Readers can create their digest by choosing five out of the following eight titles: Time, Sports Illustrated, Food & Wine, Real Simple, Money, In Style, Golf and Travel + Leisure. This five-issue, 10-week experiment goes by the name of “Mine.” But wait, it’s not as user-friendly as it sounds. Editors will pre-select stories that make it into every biweekly issue and readers won’t have the option of changing their selections from issue to issue. This amounts to a mere 56 possible magazine combinations, which, compared to the infinite possibilities of the information super-highway, doesn’t sound very impressive. Back to the tus drawing board! i t y d in c 14 arts & culture The Uniter March 26, 2009 www.Uniter.ca A ridiculous, goofy time C a

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Local punks Under d i ce that umbrella, however adventur- G i Pressure remember esbrecht ous it was,” Popham said. Popham and Ryckman agree that the good times as 2006 marked a highpoint in Under Pressure’s career. With two new they prepare to call guitarists, Mike Requiema and Joe Warkentin, the band embarked on it quits a six-week tour of Europe, visiting Scandinavia, Denmark, Germany, Curran Faris Austria, The Netherlands and The Listing co-ordinator Czech Republic, where the band was nearly denied entry thanks to passport trouble. Whether breaking toilets in record- “The Czech Republic took ex- ing studios, being hassled by Czech ception to Joe’s passport because Republic border guards or playing he kept it in his pants every night shows in a rat-infested squat house and [had] partied and played in his in the deep south, Under Pressure pants…it didn’t even look like a have always maintained an obses- document anymore,” Popham said sive work ethic and genuine pas- with a laugh. sion for hardcore punk rock. “It looked like he had it in the After six years of intense shows, ocean for, like, a week,” Ryckman seven releases and tours span- Good times, bad times: Winnipeg hardcore band Under Pressure will play two final shows before calling it quits. added. ning across North America and It is moments like these that will Europe, the group is throwing in remain among Ryckman’s fondest the towel. Over the odd combina- “Maybe certain people’s expecta- be a band, we wrote the songs re- punk rock songs featuring a range memories. tion of samosas and coffee, drum- tions were just frustrated by our in- ally fast…I feel like we had two or of outside influences and instru- “Mostly when I remember the mer Dan Ryckman and vocalist ability to do things the way that we three songs after the first practice,” mentation, including piano and band, it’s just this ridiculous, goofy Cam Popham reflected on Under used to do them,” he said. Popham said. saxophone. Despite the change in time,” he said. Pressure’s impressive, prolific and Under Pressure arose from the “We wrote and recorded Still No sound, Under Pressure maintained colourful past. break-up of Ryckman, Popham Future in two or three months,” their punk ethos. The band decided to pack it in and Penner’s speed-obsessed band, Ryckman added. “I think punk is, in some re-  See Under Pressure play two final after founding member and bass- Guns, Liquor & Whores, in 2003. The youthful excitement that spects, a launching pad right into shows Friday, Mar. 27. ist Jason Penner announced he was Upon meeting guitarist Pat Short, fuelled Under Pressure’s early re- whatever you want to do, it’s just  Early show at The Rudolph Rocker (91 Albert St.) at 7 p.m. with Regressives quitting the band. Although the Under Pressure immediately began cordings subsided and the band this transforming ethic that you and Cross Rage. $5 at the door. split was amicable, Popham said writing material for their first embarked on a grueling year-long can take with you wherever you go.  Late show at War on Music (93 that the band’s intense writing and full-length record, 2003’s Still No recording session, culminating in But at the same time I don’t think Albert St.) at 10:30 p.m. with Born Bad rehearsal schedule became increas- Future. At the time Ryckman was their 2006 opus Come Clean. punk need exclude anything. I feel and Modern Problems. $3 at the door. ingly difficult to maintain as band just 15, Popham only 18. Gone were the one-minute song totally comfortable with that tag  Both shows are all ages. members began new careers and “The first record was just us ex- blasts of their first record. In their for everything we’ve done and ev-  Visit www.myspace.com/ new side projects. cited about realizing that we could place were dark, sprawling, linear erything musically we wanted to do underpressure Music for nothing and the hits for free Kitchener rock band Four guys in jeans + a school bus gives away its + a Stephen King novel + a rooster latest album, At = one awesome press photo. the Command of the Blanket Sky, online

Samuel Swanson Volunteer staff

Remember when we all thought Radiohead had the shittiest busi- ness model ever when they de- cided to sell In Rainbows for, well, whatever you were willing to pay for it? Proving a good many people wrong, In Rainbows was surpris- ingly successful and profitable. Now take the price Radiohead was charging, multiply it by zero and that’s how much you’ll be paying for At the Command of the Blanket Sky, the new album from “It’s about the artists and the fans We don’t often get booed off Kitchener, Ont. rock four-piece … and not the middle man keep- stage or have rotten fruit thrown Vacuity. You can download it now ing the business model,” Osborn at us,” Osborn said, laughing. on their website, Vacuity.net. said. “So the question was, how “It’s more important that peo- Vacuity will also be releasing sev- can we get more people to hear ple hear it than that we make a few eral free EPs online and eventually it? And the obvious answer is bucks off it,” guitarist/keyboard- compiling those EPs into an LP. the Internet. We could put it ist Greg Osborn said by phone last That too will likely be a free online up for a price, and I’m sure we’d week. “There are philosophical rea- download from their website. still get some downloads, but sons behind it, too. It costs almost “It looks like that’s the way the we could spread it rapidly if it’s, nothing for me to copy the file and industry is going,” Osborn said. like, here it is for free, encour- send it to you, or my grandma, or “The whole industry is based on re- age other people to download whoever.” cord sales. You take the sales away it. Spread the word.” Vacuity’s sound is something like and so much of it collapses, but at Radiohead meeting Sonic Youth the same time, the artists have been with maybe a touch of The Doors. getting ripped off for a really long But really, they’ve got their own time.”  See Vacuity Saturday, Mar. 28 thing going on, and they’re show- Vacuity is a band that is con- at The Cavern (112 Osborne St.) casing it on a cross-Canada tour scious of what’s around them, and  Also playing that night is The Experiences with a Winnipeg date. that’s certainly reflected in the lyri- The band is using the free album cal and compositional strength of  Admission is $5 as a way to get their name out, the songs on At the Command of the  Doors open at 9 p.m. build a fan base and get people Blanket Sky.  Visit www.vacuity.net to their shows. “Kill the format” “Usually when people hear our is the name of their promotional music they like it, or when they see campaign. us at a show they enjoy themselves. arts & culture 15 www.uniter.ca March 26, 2009 The Uniter

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ERIC NICHOLAS Words and Sounds Independent Eric Nicholas’s first full-length solo album has the Win- nipegger already sounding like a seasoned master. He makes straight up pop music, but Nicholas disguises it by adding just the right amount of extras to steer things from Dullsville. He layers on a slightly cheesy (in a good way) keyboard and then adds some unobtrusive dance beats along with his soft vocals. Throw in an excellent production job and you have a perfect mix for some subdued, fuzzy vibes. It’s like going to the dance club in your slippers and pajama bottoms – loose, warm and comfy as heck. Even the worst songs on Words and Sounds are nice and welcoming while the best ones, Baby Just Do What You Want To and Stranger in Tokyo, are one A&R man’s ears away from being this year’s huge ubiquitous hits a la last year’s MGMT. – James Hawboldt

THE MINGLERS Ca va bien, today? Independent Ca va bien, today?, the long awaited third album from Winnipeg-based country-roots outfit The Minglers, has arrived with a twang, but I couldn’t help feeling a little confused. A far cry from the driven sound and firmly grounded country-rock tracks we heard on their success- ful 2003 album Brokenhead, the bizarre lyrics and record- ings that sound like drunken jams present on this album left me feeling like I was being left out of a very complex inside joke. Unfortunately, the unique combination of frontman Knick Knackerson’s lilting yet whiney vocals, and the inclusion of an array of well-played instruments from the kazoo to something called the “muckbucket guitar” isn’t enough to keep the often-nonsensical lyrics afloat. Ultimately, Ca va bien, today? left this listener wondering if perhaps Je ne sais quois would have been a more apt album title. – Graham Blicq

VARIOUS ARTISTS War Child presents Heroes Astralwerks Compassion, guilt or publicity – it doesn’t matter why the artists on War Child’s Heroes album agreed to do a cover of one of their favourite songs. What matters is that they did, and it’s available to you. Standout tracks include (but are not limited to): Beck’s cover of Bob Dy- lan’s Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, Franz Ferdinand’s cover of Call Me (originally by Blondie), and The Kooks' cover of The Kinks’ Victoria. Peaches had to do The Stooges justice for her cover of Search and Destroy; after all, we all know what Iggy Pop is willing to do with a broken glass bottle. Buy this album. It’s worth it just for the line-up, not to mention the proceeds go to toward children affected by the brutalities of war. So if you don’t buy it, you’re pretty much sup- porting war. You don’t support war, do you? – Samuel Swanson

FULLY LOADED Inside My Head Fully Loaded Music I’ve accidentally stumbled across an answer to a ques- tion many are too frightened to even ask: What could be worse than Nickelback? Well, imagine a band actually trying to be Nickelback. *shudder* To be fair, Vancou- ver’s Fully Loaded (nice name, guys) may not sound exactly like Canada’s multi-platinum equivalent to the colour beige, but they will certainly appeal to the same demographic: the tin-eared, easily manipulated, 12-year-olds who don’t know any better, and those with a perverse sense of humour. This overproduced, formulaic style of soul- less, faux-aggression arena rock and gut-wrenching ballads almost make Fully Loaded too easy to hate. Almost. Inside My Head showcases a band too unwilling or too unable to show even one original expression lyrically, sonically and judging by the album cover, visually either. It will probably sell millions. – James Hawboldt

TIM HECKER An Imaginary Country Kranky Canada’s purveyor of sonic dreamscapes returns with his proper follow-up to 2006’s Harmony in Ultraviolet. On An Imaginary Country, dense layers of drones swirl amidst shimmering melodies and shifting tones. Where most drone-based artists revel in unflinching glacial murk, Hecker’s wall of sound is much more dynamic and intentional. Beneath the drones lie gorgeous, slow- moving melodies that are nothing short of hypnotic, drawing the listener into a world of sound that is all encompassing, expansive and memorable. Headphones are a must. – Curran Faris 16 Arts & Culture The Uniter March 26, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Caught in a mosh B Annual festival rau lio lio Le i celebrates va Metal Winnipeg’s diverse madness metal community A look at Manitoba Metalfest’s 2009 line-up Chris Hunter Manitoba Metalfest Volunteer started last night at The Park Theatre with an all- Ten years ago, there were maybe ages show that featured seven metal bands in Winnipeg, Electro Quarterstaff, Port and there were only two big metal Amoral, Annex Theory and shows a year, where a crowd of 30 Legerdemain. would be a blessing. In 2001, Cory If you missed that show, it Thomas and Chris Leskiw wanted to change that. doesn’t mean you can’t still The duo created Manitoba get in on the action. The Metalfest, which has since be- festival continues this week- come an annual event. Last year, end, and includes appear- the festival sold out, bringing in ances by Calgary’s Divinity an audience that included not as well as Canadian thrash just Manitobans, but metal fans legends Razor. from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Minneapolis and Grand Forks as well. Friday, Mar. 27 Leskiw has since left the festi- 18+ val, leaving Thomas as its driving force. This year’s edition includes The Zoo 14 bands playing at two venues over 160 Osborne St. three evenings (see sidebar). $10 in advance, $12 at Highlights of the festival in- clude performances by Calgary the door death metal band Divinity, who are Divinity signed to Nuclear Blast, a widely re- Dreadnaut spected record label that specializes Tyrants Demise in metal; and legendary Ontario thrash metal band Razor. Bladelazer “Divinity is here for the kids, Both Legs Broken Razor is here for the old fans,” Thomas said. “Razor makes [the festival] more special because they Saturday, Mar. 28 never play anymore. This will be 18+ the last chance many people have The Zoo to see them.” Along with those special guests, 160 Osborne St. headbangers can expect a healthy Local up-and-coming metal sextet Annex Theory are excited to be part of the 2009 line-up for Manitoba Metalfest. $20 in advance, $25 at dose of bands from Winnipeg’s the door now-thriving metal scene. It’s a Razor scene Thomas believes is more you read this, musicians like Sam being liable for kids. Venues like Both Thomas and Jacobs believe diverse than any other city in Jacobs, guitarist for participating The Park Theatre refuse to host that Winnipeg has some of the best Evil Survives Canada. metal band Annex Theory, couldn’t under-age shows on the weekends metal in the country. KENmode “Montreal bands are primar- be happier about the addition. because of past instances of vandal- Part of what makes the scene Psychotic Gardening ily metalcore, Edmonton is death “In a way, thrive so well is metal, Toronto is grindcore, but the West End the community Besieged Winnipeg has everything,” he said. [Cultural Montreal bands are primarily metalcore, musicians have He added that bands who tour Centre] and formed with each Edmonton is death metal, Toronto Advance tickets are avail- through Winnipeg also often note Park Theatre are other, Jacobs the city’s diverse fan base. the only all-ages is grindcore, but Winnipeg has said. able at The Zoo, CDPlus “There are a variety of people venues for metal everything.” “A lot of the Madison Square (1630 Ness in the crowds. Bands from other bands,” the bands you play Ave.), The Park Theatre (698 places come here and say, ‘Wow, 17-year-old said. –Cory Thomas, Manitoba Metalfest organizer with will be your Osborne St.), War on Music there are actually cute girls at our “There are a lot best friends. It’s (93 Albert St.) and online at shows,’” Thomas said. of younger fans sort of a broth- www.ticketworkshop.com. Due to popular demand, this that can’t make it to shows because ism. Thomas believes he could eas- erhood. I am originally from will be the first year since 2002 they are all 18-plus.” ily fill an all-ages venue with 1,000 Nova Scotia and the scene is a lot that Thomas has included an all- Thomas wants to start organiz- or more people, and is considering more segregated there, whereas in ages show as part of the festival. ing more all-ages shows, but fears moving the festival to The Garrick Winnipeg everybody helps each Although it will be over by the time venues will have no interest in Centre next year for this reason. other out.” 

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l the near future. e festival dwellers can “We will need to do a pretty rapid transition into a society that compost consumes drastically less as we’re Kate-Lyn Danyluk faced with the converging trends of Volunteer staff Gaëlle Engelberts climate change and energy deple- The Link (Concordia University) tion,” Kellogg said. “We want this transition to be as A local filmmaker’s latest proj- peaceful and gentle as possible and ect has been accepted to screen in MONTREAL (CUP) – Dreaming of not to have it result in suffering competition at the prestigious Ann going green but think you don’t and in a [global] die-off.” Arbor Film Festival. have the time and energy to do In order to survive the transition Cam Woykin’s experimental so? Scott Kellogg might have the from a fossil-fuel based economy to drama My Life in Dreams will be answer. a self-sustainable society, Kellogg shown at the festival, which takes His do-it-yourself guide Toolbox says we have to explore new meth- place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Sustainable City Living is packed ods of living now, while we still Mar. 24 to 29. It is the second old- with advice on how to become a have the leisure to make mistakes est film festival in North America. perfectly green urban dweller. and are not completely dependent Inspired in part by an episode With topics like managing your on these alternative techniques. of the TV series Alfred Hitchcock own livestock, or building a wind So where should busy people Presents, My Life in Dreams is an turbine from recycled bicycle parts, start if they want to move towards eight-minute journey through a Kellogg’s book makes sustainability a sustainable lifestyle? Kellogg sug- middle-aged man’s subconscious. accessible to the masses. gests that a good way to make Woykin uses different forms of “It means creating systems that one’s home a little greener is worm film, from the traditional and are affordable, simple, and that uti- composting. grainy 16 mm to the clarity of mini- lize a lot of salvaged recyclable ma- “It involves just having a little DVD, to depict the man’s different terials,” Kellogg said. plastic bin that can be kept under- stages of sleep. A haunting score Kellogg came up with some neath the sink or on top of a refrig- accompanies the black and white, of these handy tips along with erator and that contains a species of dream-like imagery to create a dark co-writer Stacy Pettigrew while worm called the red wiggler.” atmosphere. serving as the co-founder of the ed- The red wigglers, or Eisenia “It’s dark in terms of the un- ucational and activist organization Foetida as they are officially named, known. The unknown scares us,” Rhizome Collective. Some of these will eat your vegetable scraps and Woykin said by phone last week. tips are innovations that originated turn them into fertilizer that can be Born in Calgary, Woykin origi- in the Collective itself, while others later used for gardens, houseplants, nally attended the University of were adapted from already existing or even sold. Lethbridge to study fine arts and ideas and techniques. “It doesn’t smell, it doesn’t take play baseball. It was not until he “For instance the parabolic up a lot of space, you don’t have to was midway through a BFA in pho- cooker; that’s actually a design that have a back garden, and you don’t tography and video that he realized dates back to ancient Greek times,” have to have sunlight either.” he wanted to make films. In retro- said Kellogg said. “It’s Archimedes’s Kellogg’s message is simple: We spect, Woykin says his segue into A scene from Cam Woykin's My Life in Dreams. death ray that we actually built shouldn’t wait for governments filmmaking made sense, even if it using similar principles but we’ve or corporations to switch towards was not always his goal. taken it to this point where we’re sustainability. As he writes in his “I was always telling stories… to have that exchange,” Woykin whose career span has not exceeded using recycled satellite dishes.” guide, this transition should start I made comic books when I was said. “There is a lot of growth.” five years. Greek scientist Archimedes was as of today if we are to “survive younger [and] I told stories with Even though he is not a native Currently, Woykin is working said to have repelled Roman war- the implosion of a society that has photographs,” he said. Winnipegger, Woykin has im- on a feature film and has been ac- ships with the use of a device that overextended its natural limitations Since graduating in 2003, Woykin mersed himself in the local arts cepted to several Master of Fine focused sunlight on the coming in every capacity.” has made 16 short films which have community. He is currently the Arts programs for the next school enemy fleet causing it to catch fire. The future is in our hands, says been screened in Canada as well as training and outreach co-ordinator year. He is eager to return to the Inspired from this ancient myth, Kellogg. internationally. But the Ann Arbor for The Winnipeg Film Group and academic environment and focus the Rhizome Collective created a “We, as people, as communities, Film Festival is the largest event he works to organize the several work- on making films, confident about low-cost and eco-friendly device as neighbourhoods, as grassroot or- has been involved in. A festival of shops and seminars that the organi- what his future has in store. that produces enough concentrated ganizations need to begin this work this magnitude gives artists the op- zation puts on. “If you are passionate about heat to cook and light fires. now, to take it upon ourselves to re- portunity to screen their works to He’s also scheduled to teach a what you do, you`ll be successful at Tips like these were developed in design our communities and build a large industry audience, but also class for the Forum Art Institute this what you do,” he said. response to what the collective per- a sustainable infrastructure.” provides them with a chance to cre- spring and has been nominated for ceives as inevitable lifestyle changes ate industry contacts and liaise with the Winnipeg Arts Council`s On A trailer of My Life in Dreams is other filmmakers. the Rise Award – an award given to available for viewing at www.ti- “It`s important as a filmmaker an emerging artist in any discipline nyurl.com/woykin.

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Write for the Uniter! E-mail [email protected]. 18 arts & culture The Uniter March 26, 2009 www.Uniter.ca Tacky, or just good old fashioned fun? The young entrepreneur ex- A look at the plained that her negative views Not your average attitudes people towards wedding socials stems par- wedding social tially from the incessant requests have towards she receives for wedding social si- Winnipeg couple’s family-friendly lent auction donations. event inspires others a longstanding “We get…probably at least two Who says a wedding social or three [requests] a week. I don’t has to have booze, deli meats, Manitoba tradition understand why [a local business] loud music and more booze? should pay for your wedding.” Newlyweds Rachelle and Jerin — the wedding social She explained that she has a hard Valel sure don’t. time wrapping her head around “We’re kinda a quirky couple to Courtney Schwegel raising money for the “personal begin with,” Jerin said. Volunteer staff gain” of two people. “If you are raising money for a The couple channeled their quirki- real reason …like for cancer…[so- ness into hosting a very unique Talk to anyone who hails from cials] are a good way for the com- wedding social – a gym riot. outside Manitoba and watch their munity to support something Complete with organized games, brow wrinkle in confusion at the together. I would rather help a sumo suits, a giant bouncer and a term “wedding social.” But while cause.” dunk tank, the social was an event it’s a foreign idea to outsiders, we Though some love ‘em and some for kids and adults alike. Manitobans are as familiar with hate ‘em, there are also those who Since the couple had a "small" wedding socials as we are with are altogether indifferent to the idea wedding of 170 people, holding winter. of wedding socials. Newlyweds Ang this event was a way to include “I’ve only ever known one couple and Luke Enns didn’t even consider all their friends and family in who [didn’t have] a wedding social,” having a social. celebrating their marriage, Jerin said Tara, a 27-year-old who asked “It was just not in our traditions explained. The social, which ran that her last name not be used. She to do that,” Ang said. “People in from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., turned out added that she attends around 10 our families who get married don’t to be a major attraction with wedding socials per year. have socials." about 300 people in attendance. “Everybody likes to go to a so- Ang explained that they were When asked if this impressive cial,” she said. “I mean, I certainly lucky enough to have their parents turnout supplied the young cou- do.” cover the costs of their wedding, so ple with a nice chunk of cash for Tara and her fiancé, Mark, are raising money wasn’t an issue. their wedding, Rachelle explained getting married in June. They de- When asked if the couple would that raising money for their wed- cided to have a wedding social last have considered having a social had ding wasn’t their primary aim. r Halloween primarily as a means of o bert they been in financial need, Ang “We didn’t really care if we came

financing their wedding. responded that they would have hu out ahead…as long as we broke “For us… it was strictly that we yn made do with the money they had.

h even,” she said. needed to make money for our “We would have had a cheaper wedding. Having a wedding is very, wedding.” Rather than using all the money very expensive.” While there are mixed attitudes for their wedding, the Valels She explained that even though towards this Manitoba tradition, put together bins for Winnipeg she and her fiancé are well estab- their hands into the pockets of any- While many Manitobans, like one thing about the wedding social Harvest, and made a small dona- lished, they still needed a way to one and everyone they can. And on Tara and Mark, have a special place cannot be denied – it is a sure way tion to The Manitoba Theatre for raise funds in order to have the top of wedding shower gifts and in their hearts for wedding socials to make a nice chunk of cash. Young People. wedding they wanted. wedding gifts, things can really add and would gladly help couples out Let’s face it, there is something Turns out, the event was such a “We have our own house and up for family and friends of the with their wedding expenses in ex- about the combination of loud hit that the couple’s distinctive our own furniture, but when you couple. change for a night of cold ones, music, rec centers, cheese cubes, si- twist on the traditional Manitoba are talking about a 200-person A local business owner who KUB bread and cold cuts, others lent auctions and excessive amounts wedding social inspired other wedding, you are looking at a cost asked not to be identified, feels ex- like the business owner refuse to of liquor that never fails to attract a couples planning socials to of around $20,000.” actly this way. embrace them. crowd of Manitobans. change things up as well. With a trend towards marrying “I wish I could say ‘You already “I think [wedding socials] are And unless that changes, this “Overall we have heard of three or at a later age, some feel that wed- have everything you want. You tacky,” she said. “Especially in this longstanding social tradition isn’t four people who are planning on ding socials are unnecessary and found the love of your life – what day and age. We are adults and we likely to wane. doing something similar,” Jerin said. just another way for couples to sink else do you want?’” she said. can take care of ourselves.”

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A veggie burger Taste: 2/5 as it stands you’ll have to depend atha ney, banana peppers, sweet pickles lover tastes what Innovation: 1.5/5 on ketchup or mustard for flavour. Dy ck n and onions spread over two golden, Total: 1.8/5 Value: 3.5/5 curry-flavoured patties, is the per- a few local eateries fect balance of sweet and spicy. I’ve Taste: 2.5/5 heard complaints that the patties have to offer Tubby’s Innovation: 2/5 taste too much like samosas (which 164 Stafford St. Total: 2.6/5 isn’t surprising given that they’re Tubby’s Famous Veggie Burger, made by neighbouring Indian res- Jonathan Dyck $4.75 taurant Charisma), but I’m not Volunteer staff Stella’s Café about to complain. If you can look past all the Burton 116 Sherbrook St. Value: 3.5/5 Cummings glamour shots cover- Garden Burger, $6.95 Once a bland alternative to North ing the walls, Tubby’s offers a veg- Taste: 4/5 America’s fast-food favourite, the gie burger for those who like their It may be small, but the Garden Innovation: 4/5 veggie burger has become a well- napkins translucent. It features a Burger is plainly and simply de- Total: 3.8/5 loved meal in its own right. patty made with chickpeas, carrots, licious. All the complimentary Gone are the days of stale tofu onions and a bunch of undisclosed parts of this burger work together patties and predictable trimmings. spices. The burger comes dressed for a taste that’s sweet and subtle. Food critic Natalie Dyck enjoys a veggie The Underground Café The seven veggie burgers evaluated with your choice of sundried to- Chutney, a creamy cilantro sauce burger at Cousins Deli on Sherbrook Street. 70 Arthur St. in this article are all worth sampling mato mayonnaise or spicy Thai and crunchy deep fried onions top Sun Burger, $5.75 and, unlike most burger joints, the sauce. Neither sauce is remark- a patty made of flax seed, chick- restaurants that make them are all able, but, as far as I’m concerned, peas, lentils and sunflower seeds. tion of goat cheese. I just couldn’t If you can manage to find it, one worth visiting. Let the hunt begin! some mayonnaise is better than no The burger comes on a whole get past the nutty bitterness of the of the Exchange District’s best kept mayonnaise. wheat bun that is so satisfying, it al- patty and I’m left feeling like the secrets offers a unique and healthy The Lo Pub Value: 3/5 most outshines its contents. Shame burger was less than the sum of take on the veggie burger. Served about that price. its parts. Still, I know quite a few on a toasted whole wheat bagel, this 330 Kennedy St. Taste: 2.5/5 Veggie Burger, $6.99 Value: 2.5/5 people go nuts (ha!) for this burger. patty is made of rice, eggs, cheese, Innovation: 2.5/5 The hashbrowns were stellar (as is sesame and sunflower seeds. It’s The Lo Pub may be a great place Total: 2.6/5 Taste: 4/5 pretty much everything else at the also smothered with a savory lime- to have a drink and check out awe- Innovation: 3.5/5 Black Sheep), but the burger is def- dill sauce and topped with lettuce, some music, but I can’t recommend Total: 3.3/5 initely an acquired taste. tomato and green pepper. Though its veggie burgers. Thickly sliced Ellice Café Value: 3.5/5 it’s a little on the expensive side, cucumbers, alfalfa sprouts, tomato this is a dense burger that will leave 587 Ellice Ave. Taste: 3/5 and mayonnaise top a relatively Black Sheep Diner you feeling energized – unless, of Yam Burger, $5.00 Innovation: 4.5/5 bland patty. Apart from Cousin’s, 540 Ellice Ave. course, you give in and order an- the Lo Pub is the only place I’ve With a patty made of yam, vegeta- Nut Burger, $8.50 (comes with Total: 3.6/5 other one. reviewed that doesn’t make their ble protein, rice and seeds, I was ex- hashbrowns, soup or salad) Value: 3.5/5 own patties. It's not that it tastes pecting a bit more from this burger. Taste: 4/5 bad, but if it wasn’t for the may- Though the patty has a wonderful When they say nut burger, they aren’t Cousins Deli Innovation: 4.5/5 onnaise this burger wouldn’t taste crunch and a nice sweet flavour, kidding around. Unfortunately, 55 Sherbrook St. like much of anything. And at $7 a the burger as a whole is pretty un- I’m not a huge fan of nuts. It comes Veggie Burger, $4.25 Total: 4/5 pop (!), I can’t help but feel a little exciting. Apart from tomato and topped with mango chutney, let- cheated by The Lo Pub’s uninspir- onion, the yam burger just doesn’t tuce and tomato and your choice A definite favourite among regu- ing rendition. have much pizzazz. With the right between a slice of Bothwell cheese, lars, Cousin’s veggie burger, which sauce, it could be a surefire hit, but a slab of avocado or a healthy por- contains bhujia, tamarind chut- – With files from Natalie Dyck. Concert? Art show? Volunteer opportunity? Community event? Want to see your event in The Uniter? 20 LISTINGS Listings Co-o r d i na t o r : Cu r r an Fa r i s E-mail your listing to [email protected]. The deadline for all listings is Wednesday. The Uniter is published every Thursday, E-m a i l : Listings@u n i t e r .c a The Uniter March 26, 2009 so send your listings 8 days prior to the issue you want your listing to appear in. It’s free. It’s easy. Ph o n e : 786-9497 Fa x : 783-7080 Acting IV: Honours – Style & Genre class. Performances will URBAN SHAMAN GALLERY 203-290 McDermot. Winnipeg p.m. Ages 13 and up only. To register, call 986-6488. CONCERTS take place at 8 p.m. at the Gas Station Theatre. For tickets Hydro, drawings by Ian August, open until Apr. 25. Also contact 786-9152 or visit http://theatre.uwinnipeg.ca. open is …welcome…a history in two parts by Steven Loft, SHORT FICTION CONTEST The Writers' Collective and the running from Mar. 13 to Apr. 25. Winnipeg Free Press present the annual Short Fiction UNDER PRESSURE Farewell shows with Cross Rage and The AGE OF AROUSAL Presented by Theatre Projects Manitoba Contest. The contest has three divisions (junior student, Regressives, Mar. 27 at the Rudolf Rocker, and with Mod- and written by Linda Griffiths, Mar. 19 to 29 at Rachel senior student and adult) and over $1,000 in cash prizes to ern Problems and Born Bad at War On Music. The Rudolf Browne Theatre. Tickets range from $15 to $20 and are COMMUNITY EVENTS be won. All entries must be postmarked no later than Apr. Rocker show starts at 8 p.m. and is $5 at the door. The War available from 989-2400 or www.theatreprojectsmani- 7. For entry forms and contest rules, contact writerscol- On Music show starts at 11 p.m. and is $3. toba.ca. Evening shows starts at 8 p.m. and matinees start [email protected] or visit www.thewriterscollective. at 2 p.m. SIMPLICITY SESSIONS The Simplicity Practice and Re- wordpress.com for more information. METALFEST Mar. 27 and 28 at the Zoo. The Mar. 27 line-up source Centre present a series of workshops promoting features: Divinity, Dreadnaught, Tyrant’s Demise, Blad- DOUBT, A PARABLE Presented by the Manitoba Theatre simple living: Simplicity Circle II, Tuesdays from 7 to 9 MARIE BARTON CONTEST The Writers’ Collective presents elazer and Both Legs Broken, Tickets are $12 at the door. Centre and written by John Patrick Stanley, Doubt, A Par- p.m. beginning Mar. 24 at Mary Jane’s Cooking School, 252 the 2009 Marie Barton Postcard Fiction Contest The Mar. 28 features Razor, Evil Survives, KEN Mode, Psychotic able runs until Apr. 4 at the MTC mainstage. Tickets range Arlington Street. contest is open to everyone. The entry fee is $5 for Gardening and Besieged and tickets are $25 at the door. from $17 to $60 and are available from www.mtc.mb.ca non-members and free to Writers’ Collective members. HEALTHY LIVING IN THE INNER CITY The Public Health WORLDSTAR With Cantordust and Poortree, Mar. 27 at Lo and Ticketmaster. Submissions should be sent in on a postcard along with Agency of Canada and Urban and Inner City Studies at a story that relates to the image. Visit writerscollective@ Pub. Tickets are $5 at the door and the show starts at 10 the University of Winnipeg present the final installment p.m. uwinnipeg.ca and www.thewriterscollective.wordpress. GALLERIES “Healthy Living in the Inner City” Speakers Series, Mar. com for more information. PATRICK ALEXANDRE AND THE F-HOLES CD release, Mar. 27 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Millennium Library. Dr. Dennis and 28 at Times Change(d). The band will play two sets, CRE8ERY 125 Adelaide. Video | Dance, by Natasha Torres- Raphael will give a lecture titled, “Recession: Shrinking WRITING CONTEST Admissions are being accepted for one at 7 and the other at 11 p.m. Tickets are available at Garner, Freya Olafson and Andrew Milne, Apr. 1 to 4 at 8 Paycheques, Failing Health.” Admission is free to all. For the 2009 Prairie Fire Press/McNally Robinson writing the door. p.m. and Apr. 3 and 4 at 10 p.m. To reserve a seat, call more information contact Judith Harris at j.harris@uwin- contests. The Bliss Carman Poetry Award will be judged by 774-9634. nipeg.ca or 786-9445. Don Domanski; short fiction will be judged by Paul Quar- SO HOLY HEAD CASE With Kram Ran, Dynamo, Better Homes rington; and creative non-fiction will be judged byC harles FORUM ART INSTITUE 120 Eugenie. To register for 15-and-up for Meaner People, Pierre Freynet and a free art sale and VINYL SALE The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra is holding Wilkins. $6,000 in prizes will be awarded. The first prize art classes call 235-1069 or visit www.forumartinstitute.ca. exhibit, Mar. 27 at the Albert. Admission is $5 at the door. an open house vinyl and CD sale Mar. 28 in the Power in each category is $1,250. The deadline for submissions Door open at 8:30 and the music starts at 9 p.m. Building basement from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDs and LPs will is Nov. 30. For information contact: Prairie Fire Press, GALLERY 1C03 University of Winnipeg. Everett Soop: Jour- be priced at $2. RAINER HERSCH Musician, comedian and conductor nalist, Cartoonist, Activist, open until Apr. 4. 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1H3, (204) THE OTESHA PROJECT Is looking for people to participate 943-9066, [email protected], or www.prairiefire.ca. Hersch returns to Winnipeg to perform Last Night of the GALLERY LACOSSE 169 Lilac. Kenneth Gordon’s Canada: A Proms…ever with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Mar. in their Canada-wide Cycle for Sustainability tour. For AQUA BOOKS Mar 26: Bons mots serie litteraire, 7 p.m.; Lifetime Journey and Enduring Legacy, on display until more information visit www.otesha.ca. 27 (8 p.m.), 28 (8 p.m.) and 29 (2 p.m.). Tickets range from Mar. 28. Apr. 2 In Conversation with Ron Robinson with guest John $28.50 to $65 and are available from the WSO box office, Einarson, 7 p.m. www.wso.mb.ca and Ticketmaster. CAROL SZUMINSKY Signing of Penny Visits Oak Hammock AFTER ALL THESE YEARS With Hospital, Mar. 28 at The Marsh, Mar. 28, 2 p.m., at McNally Robinson Polo Park. Connection Showroom. Tickets are $8 in advance from 943-0297, Music Trader and Into The Music or $10 at the £ The Uniter’s Top 5 events • PAT TERNOVETSKY AND ZANE BELTON Signing of Who door. Wants This Puppy? Mar. 29, 2 p.m. at McNally Robinson Polo Park. HEBRAIC INSPIRATION With Alexandre da Costa, Denise by curran faris Djokic and Wonny Song, Mar. 28 at Eckhardt-Grammate STRURAN SINCLAIR Launch of Automatic World, Mar. 31, 8 Hall in the University of Winnipeg. Tickets are $29 for  GZA Mar. 30 at the Pyramid. Why? Because he’s a member of the Wu Tang Clan, for p.m., at McNally Robinson Grant Park. adults, $27 for seniors and $10 for students. The concerts starters. Plus, he recorded Liquid Swords! Don’t argue. Just be there. Tickets are $25 RICKI SEGAL Signing of My Zayde and Other Memories of starts at 8 p.m. from Ticketmaster and the show starts at 9 p.m. Growing Up Jewish, Apr. 1, 6 p.m., at McNally Robinson GZA Mar. 30 at the Pyramid. Tickets are $25 from Ticket- Grant Park. master and the show starts at 9 p.m.  RAZOR With Evil Survives, KEN Mode, Psychotic Gardening and Besieged, Mar. 28 at The Zoo. The maniacs behind Metalfest present Canadian thrash legends Razor. FILM Don’t miss out. Tickets are $25 at the door. MUSIC Pop, Rock & Indie CINEMATHEQUE 100 Arthur. Mar. 26: RIP: A Remix Manifesto  UNDER PRESSURE You have to chances to bid farewell to hardcore linchpins before (7 p.m.), JCVD (9 p.m.); Mar. 27: Wendy and Lucy (7 p.m.), ACADEMY FOOD DRINKS MUSIC 437 Stradbrook. Mar. 26: they disappear into history, Mar. 27 at the Rudolf Rocker at 8 p.m. and War On Edison and Leo (8:30 p.m.); Mar. 28: Wendy and Lucy (7 Systemique; Mar. 27: Eye to Eye; Mar. 28: Wood Holler Trio, Music at 11 p.m. p.m.), Edison and Leo (8:30 p.m.); Mar. 29: Wendy and Lucy Eye to Eye; Mar. 31: Open Mike with Melissa Plett; Apr. 1: The (7 p.m.); Apr. 1: Wendy and Lucy (7 p.m.), The Class (8:30 Ministers of Cool; Apr. 2: Nathan, Patrick Keenan.  DOUBT, A PARABLE Presented by the Manitoba Theatre Centre and written by John p.m.). THE CAVERN 112 Osborne. Mar. 26: Jam Nite with Route 59; Patrick Stanley, Doubt, A Parable runs until Apr. 4 at the MTC mainstage. The play RONNIE LANE Big Smash! Productions presents The Pass- Mar. 27: The Sheepdogs, The Nods; Mar. 28: Vacuity, The that inspired the Oscar-winning film. Tickets range from $17 to $60 and are available ing Show: The Life and Music of Ronnie Lane, Apr. 1 at the Experiences, Rude Dale; Mar. 29: The Mad Cowboys; Mar. from www.mtc.mb.ca and Ticketmaster. Cyrk. Admission is $7, includes beer or wine, and the film 30: The Vinyl Drip with James Brown; Mar. 31: Soul Nite starts at 7:30 p.m. with Dr. Hotbottom & The Soul Prescriptions.  GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins. Just For Kicks, works by Canadian Tattoo artists CALL FOR ENTRIES The 8th Annual Winnipeg Aboriginal KING’S HEAD PUB & EATERY 120 King. Sunday: All The King’s on shoes, open until Apr. 30. It’s art by tattooists on shoes, what’s not to like? Film Festival (WAFF) invites artists to submit their work Men; Monday: The Magician; Tuesday: Comedy Night; to one of North America's longest-running indigenous Wednesday: Little Boy Boom; Thursday: Joey Landreth film and video festivals, happening this Nov. 18-22, 2009. Band. Submissions are now being accepted in seven categories. LO PUB 330 Kennedy. Mar. 26: Goodform; Mar. 27: Greg Han- The WAFF pays screening fees to artists and there is no submission fee for entries received on or before the June

ec; Mar. 28: Slow Down Mollasses; Mar. 31: Whitsundays. S Jon 19 deadline (with a $25 late fee applying thereafter). For

PYRAMID CABARET 176 Fort. Mar. 27: JD Edwards Band, DJ ch complete rules and entry forms, go to www.aboriginal- l D-Lo; Mar. 28 Morgan and Damon’s Wedding Social with edew filmfest.org, or e-mail [email protected]. The New Meanies and The Weber Brothers; Mar. 31: Emma- i t Lee. z UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG FILM FESTIVAL Admissions are being accepted by the University of Winnipeg Department SIERRA NOBLE CD release, Mar. 26, 8 p.m., at McNally of Theatre and Film for their annual Student Film Festival. Robinson Grant Park. To be eligible, the film must be made by students attend- ing a post-secondary institution in Manitoba. The deadline Country, Folk & Indie is Apr. 6 and the festival runs from Apr. 22 to 24. For more GORDIE’S COFFEE HOUSE 127 Coburg. Mar. 26: Stewart information visit www.theatre.uwinnipeg.ca or contact Porteous. [email protected]. MCNALLY ROBINSON GRANT PARK Mar. 27: Mira Black; Mar. 28: Sheer Joy. ON CAMPUS MCNALLY ROBINSON POLO PARK Mar. 27: Starlight Jazz. TIMES CHANGE(d) HIGH & LONESOME CLUB Main & St. DISABILITY STUDIES The Disability Studies Advisory Com- Mary. Mar. 27 – 28: Patrick Alexandre and the F-Holes CD mittee presents What is Disability Studies? (And Why Do Release. We Need it at UW?), a panel discussion and information session. The talk will take place Mar. 26 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Dance & Hip Hop by the Info Booth, first floor centennial. HIFI CLUB 108 Osborne. Mar. 28: Red Bull Canada presents KEN Mode pummel the Zoo Mar. 28. ECONOMY AND THE FIRST NATIONS National Chief of the Team Canada and EH Team DJs. Assembly of First Nations Phil Fontaine will deliver a OZZY’S 160 Osborne. Wednesdays: Soho Trash DJs: Punk, public lecture titled The Economy and First Nations, Mar. Glam, New Wave, Power Pop; Thursdays: Readymix Dance 30, 7 p.m., in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall. GRAFFITI GALLERY 109 Higgins. Just For Kicks, works by FINANCIAL FITNESS The Arts and Cultural Industries Asso- Party: Indie-Dance, Electro, Brit-Pop, New Wave, Mash-Ups, Canadian Tattoo artists on shoes, open until Apr. 30. ciation of Manitoba is hosting a workshop titled, Financial SAFEWALK Safewalk is a UWSA service for students and '80s/'90s and more; Saturdays: Modernized. PAVILLION GALLERY MUSEUM Assiniboine Park. Tides & Fitness for the Self-Employed Arts Entrepreneurs, Mar. 27 faculty who don't feel comfortable walking to their car/ PYRAMID CABARET 176 Fort. Mar. 30: GZA. Totems: Phillips in the West, watercolours and woodcuts from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 250-240 Graham Avenue. Admis- bus stop/home alone in the evening. Friendly safewalkers by Walter J. Phillips. The exhibit is on display until May 3. sion is free. To register contact 984-2272 or manitoba@ will accompany students and faculty to their destinations Punk & Metal canadabusiness.ca. every evening throughout the week. Hours of operation PLATFORM CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC + DIGITAL ARTS 121- THE ROYAL ALBERT 91 Albert. Mar. 27: So Holy Headcase, are Monday-Thursday 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Fridays from 5 100 Arthur. Art and Cold Cash. This multimedia installation GRIEF RESOLUTION Beginning Experience presents Dynamo, Kram Ran, Better Homes for Meaner People, p.m. to 9 p.m. The Safewalk office is located on the first examines the introduction of capitalism into northern Separated-Divorced-Widowed, a peer-support grief reso- Pierre Freynet; Mar. 28: Kato Destroy, The Monty Yanks, floor by the escalators and next the Security office. communities. The installation is open until Apr 4. lution program. The program helps deal with natural grief The Road Trips. process and offers opportunity for turning the pain of SEMAI GALLERY 264 McDermot. Pom-Pom Grow Op by THE ZOO 160 Osborne. Mar. 27: Divinity, Dreadnaught, loss into experience of positive growth. The 10-week adult VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Natalie Ferguson, open until May 3. There will be an open- Tyrant’s Demise, Bladelazer, Both Legs Broken; Mar. 28: program sessions begin Apr. 8, and there will be an adult ing reception Mar. 27 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Razor, KEN Mode, Evil Survives, Psychotic Gardening, weekend retreat held Apr. 17-19 as well as a young adult Besieged; Apr. 2: The Not, Fire Hunter. WAYNE ARTHUR GALLERY 186 Provencher. Night and Day/ retreat May 29-31. For more information contact 275-3090 SPENCE NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSOCIATION The Spence Norris Lake, paintings by Annette Lowe and photographs or visit www.winnipegbe.ca. Neighbourhood Association is looking for volunteers to by Robert Lowe, on display until Apr. 1. help staff their new Youth Resource Center at the M.E.R.C. THEATRE, DANCE & COMEDY The Center will be open after school hours/evenings. WINNIPEG ART GALLERY 300 Memorial. Marilyn Monroe: LITERARY Please contact Jamil at 986-5467, youthcoordinator@ Life As Legend, on display until June 7. Angakkuq: Inuit spenceneighbourhood.org for more information. Shaman is open until May 3. Fitzgerald In Context, open MONSIEUR D’EON The University of Winnipeg’s Depart- DIY COMICS WORKSHOP This workshop is an introduction until May 17. ment of Theatre and Films closes its 2008/2009 season to the basic concepts of character design, panel and page with Monsieur d’Eon. The play runs from Mar. 31 to Apr. 4 WOODLANDS GALLERY 535 Academy. Rumour Has It: New layout, and will be hosted by local artist Daniel Brandt. and is directed by Robert Metcalfe and performed by the works by Angela Morgan, open until Mar. 28. The workshop will take place Mar. 28 in the Mona Gray Program Room in the Millennium Library from 1 to 2:30 Listings Co-o r d i na t o r : Cu r r an Fa r i s Concert? Art show? Volunteer opportunity? Community event? Want to see your event in The Uniter? 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You Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial disciplines are regional planning, engineering, Bursaries Scholarship environmental studies, computer science, Application forms are available from the should be aware that new information, such following website: http://www.gov.mb.ca/ as verification of your summer income, geography, sociology, economics and/or areas The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association is The Ambassadorial Scholarships program such as risk modeling and system science. conservation/susresmb/scholarship/apply.html may increase or decrease your MSAP needs pleased to make available four $500 bursaries assessment and the resulting loan amounts you supports the vision of The Rotary Founda- annually for MCPA members or their children tion to enable Rotarians to advance world *For a definition of what PSC deems to be criti- Legal Studies for Aboriginal Peoples are eligible to receive. Similarly, if your current Program attending a university, college or other course load is different from that on your understanding, goodwill and peace. During cal infrastructure see: http://www.publicsafety. post-secondary institution or pursuing trades the study period, scholars are expected to gc.ca/prg/em/nciap/about-en.asp Notice of Assistance letter, the amount of loan The Legal Studies for Aboriginal People (LSAP) training. Preference will be given to those you are eligible to receive may change. be outstanding ambassadors of good will students pursuing a field of study related to to the people of the host country through Number of Awards: eight (8) Program is a bursary program designed to financially assist Canadian Métis and agriculture or to those acquiring a skilled trade DID YOU KNOW You can check the status of appearances before Rotary clubs and districts, Value: $19,250 CDN that would be beneficial to the rural economy. schools, civic organizations and other forums. 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Why the conventional media outlets, to Jo Villaverde ing staff. protect Canadian content. Sports editor One thing that is always brought up relationship One proposal was for all audio during a Jets discussion is Winnipeg’s and visual works on the Internet sports fans. We seem to support success may be in to be put under the Canadian but fail to support teams failing. danger Broadcasting Act, which requires Marko Bilandzija The argument is that Winnipeggers a license to produce live stream- Volunteer staff would embrace the Jets for the first few ing video from Canada on the years, but once things start going bad, Web. the support might wither away. That Adam Johnston The impact of a regulated possibility has scared away the chances Volunteer staff Internet could hurt sports fans. Canada’s soccer image is about to of a Jets return. If Internet producers are required expand. Perhaps that would not be the case to be licensed like conventional Alongside the fairly young Toronto for a soccer team. Soccer is an interna- The Internet has become a like television to see their favou- broadcasters, their costs of pro- FC, the Vancouver Whitecaps of the tional sport and because of the city's bountiful source of riches for rite sports teams. An example duction would go up. United Soccer Leagues (USL) will multicultural make-up, there would be sports fans. However, recent of this includes seeing over 100 It could potentially hurt those join the other 16 Major League Soccer a lot of support for a soccer team. Canadian Radio-television Major League Soccer games live small producers because they (MLS) franchises in the expansion year Soccer fans, especially immigrants and Telecommunications for just $20 US on a streaming may not be able to afford the li- of 2011. who grew up with soccer in their home Commission (CRTC) hearings video site. censing required. Specifically, Ottawa might also join the MLS. countries, would love the opportunity on the potential regulation of new Improvements in technology the Wesmen would no longer be But what are the odds that a to watch soccer live in Winnipeg. media, specifically for Canadian have drastically reduced the cost able to broadcast their games via Winnipeg soccer franchise would be Vancouver is also a victim of losing a content on the Internet, may of production, thus those who streaming video. able to survive? major sports franchise in the Vancouver have effects for sport aficionados. could not afford to show games “It is increasingly clear that Currently, there is no talk of a future Grizzlies, but their soccer team will Currently, the Internet is under live on conventional television 10 the blossoming of new media is a Winnipeg MLS team but the possibil- have a chance to succeed where a bas- no regulation by the CRTC for to 15 years ago can show games threat to old business models, not ity of it happening someday does seem ketball team could not. They do have content. This is in thanks to the live on the Internet. to Canadian content,” University very likely. We believe it's even more the advantage of having two-time 1999 decision by the CRTC to ex- A great local example is our of Ottawa law and e-commerce possible than even the Winnipeg Jets National Basketball Association MVP empt all content on the Internet University of Winnipeg Wesmen, professor Micheal Geist wrote in comeback. Steve Nash as one of the owners of the from regulation. This was other- who show live streaming video of a Toronto Star column in April The only thing really standing in Vancouver Whitecaps, but there should wise known as the “hands off” home games throughout the reg- 2007. Winnipeg’s way is finances. Vancouver be no reason why Winnipeg could not rule to the Internet. ular season. Perhaps the old business will have to dish out $35 million to join find similar financial support. That decision allowed compa- Some arts and culture groups model does not work in the age the league in 2011. All other franchise en- If David Asper can make a $65 million nies to produce innovative and have been critical of the 1999 of Internet. Rather, new media trances cost $40 million. There appears bid for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, exciting news to the standards “hands off” approach because an is thriving and has given sports to be no reports on why Vancouver's why could he not be a potential owner of new media including podcasts unregulated Internet has drained fans the best coverage they have entrance fee was lowered, but Winnipeg of a Winnipeg soccer team? A soccer and streaming video. The bene- out Canadian voices in a sea of ever seen and it should be kept would need a similar deal. team would cost less than what he of- fits were huge for both sports fans international content. this way. This is the same issue that prevents fered for the Blue Bombers, and would and producers alike. Some of the proposals at the illustration by ryan janz a Winnipeg Jets comeback. But the allow Winnipeg to become a part of the Sports fans could leap frog hearings involved the CRTC $40 million fee is substantially less than largest soccer league in North America. conventional forms of media regulating the Internet, just like the $50 million the NHL requires, and Sorry Jets fans but maybe you should Winnipeg simply cannot afford the cheering “olay olay olay olay” instead of high salaries of NHL players and coach- “go Jets go.” Sports & Fitness 23 www.uniter.ca March 26, 2009 The Uniter

Wesmen volleyball wrap-up Jess Chapman and Dave Hollier

Men’s volleyball trev The Dale Iwanoczko Award o

r is given for athletic ability, com-

ha team losing key g munity service and academics. a A 'hairy' situation n players while This award also happens to be the for Lance Armstrong third most prestigious award that You’ve heard of athletes getting tested women look forward a Canadian university volleyball for illegal substances using samples of player can receive after 'player of their blood and urine, but now they are to future the year' and 'rookie of the year.' testing hair. Ahow is also the very first According to TSN.ca, while training for Winnipegger to receive this award what is to become his comeback to the Brad Pennington since it was first presented in 1993- sport of cycling, Lance Armstrong was Volunteer staff 1994. In his fifth and final year approached by a French anti-doping Ahow finished seventh in Canada agency to give a sample of his hair for with 1.85 digs per game and he testing. The men’s and women’s Wesmen added 2.75 points and 2.49 kills Doping accusations have plagued volleyball teams are perfect ex- per set to help the Wesmen ad- Lance Armstrong since he started his amples of the circle of life. All vance to the CIS championship run to a record-setting seven straight good things must come to an tournament. Tour De France victories, though he has end, while new life brings exciting “The University of Winnipeg never tested positive. A hair sample is especially effective possibilities. continues to be one the best places at detecting a substance sometimes The men are losing three key in Canada to play volleyball, and used called DHEA. players from their squad: Andrew that is due to the philosophy the The only complaint Armstrong seemed Town, Alan Ahow, and Paul Kjos. university has towards its men’s to have was regarding his hairstyle. All three played integral roles volleyball team. I consider myself "He didn't make my hair look very in Winnipeg’s record-tying 10th privileged to be working here and good," said Armstrong. "That's why I cut national championship in 2006- to be coaching this team. The ef- it after that, after he butchered it.” 2007. The next year they made it forts of the members of this team to the championship game again are truly tremendous and they rep- Rollercoaster week and claimed silver in the 2007- resent the university well. With the for Brodeur 2008 season. fifth year guys leaving it’s kind of a Yes, he broke the record. He has the This year, the team finished the bittersweet time but I am proud of most career season wins out of any regular season with a record of them all,” said McKay. goalie in the NHL. But, it wasn’t all good 10-8, and went 2-1 in the Canada Meanwhile, the women have a news for New Jersey Devils goalie Martin West semi-finals qualifying for the mix of youthful talent and veteran Brodeur last week when he was asked to CIS Nationals, in which they were leadership that should make the pay $500,000 a year to his former wife defeated in both of their two games next season an interesting one. as part of their alimony settlement. by Laval and Thompson Rivers. Ariel Smith was named to the According to ESPN.com, Brodeur was “We have a lot of vacancies that CIS All-Rookie Team and has daz- ordered to keep paying this annual fee until 2020, when his youngest should need to be filled,” said head coach Ariel Smith is one of the Wesmen's young talented young players returning next year. zled Wesmen fans with powerful Larry McKay. hitting and strong fundamental graduate from high school. The team is currently recruiting Uniter archives, Nov. 2008. play for a first year player. On top of the alimony, Brodeur’s some high school players whose Also, with one year left in her el- former wife Melanie DuBois was awarded names have yet to be announced “It will be an exciting year in their play during the season. Town igibility, team leader Marlee Bragg $132,000 a year for child support and and there are also some red shirts that we have a lot of fresh young was chosen as a Canada West First can return and play for a volley- more than $9,000,000 in other assets. that will be playing at the start of players,” said McKay. Team All Star and Ahow won the ball team that has lots of room to The couple married in 1995 and next season. Two players received awards for CIS Dale Iwanoczko Award. grow. divorced in 2003, after Brodeur admitted to having an affair with his sister-in-law.

Brother Midnight is Polish those clubs back, baybeh! Much to the excitement of everyone thankfully near. out their golf bag and polishing opening date as well as member- at The Uniter sports department, famed 'Fore' weeks left local wrestler Brother Midnight will be Only in golf can you appreciate those clubs with a fine toothbrush. ship inquiries.” returning to his old stomping grounds. until first tee-off? the view of the morning sun, the I know this because I am not the “People have called to see what The black-and-blue-masked denizen smell of the freshly cut greens, the only one who is getting excited for is new in (golf) technology and just of River City Wrestling will make a guest enjoyment of friends with a few the golf season. to talk golf,” said Jim Steep from appearance at the “Vindication” event Kevin Chaves beers while at the same time hear- “Rossmere golfers are getting Glendale Golf and Country Club. hosted by Action Wrestling Experience Volunteer staff ing more swears in 18 holes than in excited about the upcoming golf Winnipeg is home to many avid at Blush Ultraclub on Wednesday, April a full Seth Rogan movie. season,” said Glenn Singleton of golfers, which is surprising, since 15. I know that I am not the only Rossmere Country Club. “We in Manitoba the golf season is lim- Doors are open at 8 p.m. and That white stuff outside is finally person who has started cleaning have received many calls regarding ited to about five months - our big- the opening bell will ring at 9 p.m. melting and the wonderful green gest obstacle being late and heavy Tickets are $12.50 at the door and $10 grass below is slowly becoming snowfalls. beforehand. more and more visible. This means “With a little cooperation from that the time to play the most re- Mother Nature we will open by Morgan State’s Ali flips out laxing, yet most frustrating sport, is the April 18th weekend,” Singleton at Oklahoma’s Griffin said. “Possibly sooner.” Oklahoma University rebounder Opening days vary from course Blake Griffin got flipped – literally – by to course but most courses hope to Morgan State forward Ameer Ali in the have us teeing off by the middle of opening South Regional game of March April. Madness. “Believe it or not, every year the Ali was benched after flipping opening day is almost the same re- Griffin over his shoulder and onto the

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a No stranger to being the victim of n said Steep. “We usually open the tur driving range around April 15th unsportsmanlike conduct, Griffin scored n bu and the course five to seven days a total of 28 points and 13 rebounds in ll later.” the Sooners’ 82-54 victory over the The driving range is often under Bears. utilized, but since it opens much earlier than the actual course, this is Obama shores up the a perfect place to get rid of the ini- football vote tial golfers itch. This is a good time President Barack Obama has named a ter to get some blood flowing in those Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney

.c to be the U.S. ambassador to Ireland. nI body joints that are never used dur- u ing the winter season. Obama, who chose the Steelers to win the 2009 Super Bowl and e

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teer fo reational golfer should understand the Iowa caucuses, at which point he l n that they will never be a professional encouraged his “fellow Pennsylvanians” u ai - and not take it too seriously. to throw their support behind the then-

-m Just remember that golf is sim- senator. vol e ple math: 90 per cent mental and 10 per cent mental.